Here’s what they found. Germany has schools that teach people the skills of work. It has real apprenticeships. It has family-owned manufacturing industries in every town, which export around the world on quality as well as price. Work itself remains hard and disciplined, but it is well-paid, and money goes further there than here. If you have children, you are subsidised and mothers are not pressured to go out to work – rather the reverse. Debt is feared and despised. Thrift is encouraged. Millions of Germans belong to clubs and societies. Older British people will remember when much of this was also true here. Sunday is a real day of rest. Noisy neighbours get into trouble, and inconsiderate drivers meet with immediate disapproval. The beer is quite good and you don’t have to wear leather shorts. I might add that it still has grammar schools and wonderful railways. And that it is the only Western nation with millions of citizens who actually experienced communism, and who were liberated from it. Which is perhaps why they value their country more highly than we value ours. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2389180/PETER-HITCHENS-Since-saving-children-lifestyle-choice.html#ixzz2bgwxmbVR Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 19:48:40 +0000
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