Obama's jobs plan: "double our exports over the next five years" wtf?

[NJ5]

Kasz216 said:

NJ5 said:
Kasz216 I don't think what you wrote in F is true... there are layoffs all the time (and I've lived in 3 different European countries already). Whether the companies are making money or not.

You'd be surprised... France and Germany have some pretty interesting laws on the matter.

Technically in France "Saving costs" is not a reason to fire somebody.  You have to prove their is a redundancy for example.

Usually the kind of places people talk about American Jobs going.

There is a reason why the rest of Europe tried to copy the Denmark method for employment but realized it was unworkable for larger nations that weren't so economically 1-sided.

I think Denmark was the one where 1/3rd of the country changes companies every year or two yet has really low unemployment.

 

Well I wouldn't know much about France or Germany, as the countries I mentioned have been Portugal, Denmark and now Sweden.