Originally Posted by mpolli

It is a lot of fluff with a very few facts, one of which, at least , I don't think is true. I don't think 70% of US tax dollars goes for defense, more like 20 to 25% depending on how you count it up. It is true that people in many other countries do get more vacation that we do, and the Scandanavians always seem very happy with ther system, when surveyed, but I never asked any myself.