Greg Hennessy wrote:

In Germany's case the reason for failure is not the social policy.


Au contraire. when it costs 45 quid/hour to employ a worker at Volkswagen,
its social policy.

Dream on or head off and work for them if you do believe that urban
legend. €15.- to €20.- gross is more like it.

That was 15 years ago,

Instead of using the new supply of cheap labour handed to it for free,
German pols unified at the wrong exchange rate and paid for them to sit at
home on their Arsch.

Instead of encouraging labour mobility, they took active measures to
prevent it.

The eastern folk still have not adapted to "free market" an its labour
requirements. That's their problem.