Ler's go Bucs ! Go Pirates !!!

It's too hot here to do much of anything but I'm so excited to see my beloved Pirates playing so well.

Let's go Bucs !!!

I'm there in spirit, though it's not much cooler back in the 'Burgh.

German Finance Minister predicts Europe wide revolution if welfare benefits ate eliminated ...

Could this be the thing that will cause the global ecomomy to collapse beyond repair ?

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2332249/German-Finance-Minister-Wolfgang-Schaeuble-warns-revolution-Europe-adopts-Americas-tougher-welfare-model.html

Germany’s finance minister warns of a ‘revolution’ if Europe adopts America’s tougher welfare model

• Germany, France and Italy backed urgent action to rescue a generation of young Europeans
• Youth unemployment in the EU stands at nearly one in four
• Schaeuble insisted on the importance of preserving Europe's welfare model

By Tara Brady
PUBLISHED: 11:41 EST, 28 May 2013 | UPDATED: 12:06 EST, 28 May 2013

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has warned that failure to win the battle against youth unemployment could tear Europe apart

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has warned that failure to win the battle against youth unemployment could tear Europe apart.

Germany, along with France and Italy, backed urgent action to rescue a generation of young Europeans who fear they will not find jobs.

Youth unemployment in the EU stands at nearly one in four, more than twice the adult rate.

He also said that abandoning the continent's welfare model in favour of tougher U.S. standards would cause 'revolution'.

'We need to be more successful in our fight against youth unemployment, otherwise we will lose the battle for Europe's unity,' Schaeuble said.

While Germany insists on the importance of budget consolidation, Schaeuble spoke of the need to preserve Europe's welfare model.

If U.S. welfare standards were introduced in Europe, 'we would have revolution, not tomorrow, but on the very same day,' Schaeuble told a conference in Paris.

'We have to rescue an entire generation of young people who are scared.

'We have the best-educated generation and we are putting them on hold. This is not acceptable,' Italian Labour minister Enrico Giovannini said.

Germany in particular, weary of a backlash as many in crisis-hit European countries blame it for austerity, has over the past weeks taken steps to tackle unemployment, striking bilateral deals with Spain and Portugal.

German ministers told the conference that to help young people find jobs, Europe must continue on the path of structural reforms to boost its competitiveness as well as make good use of available EU funds, including six billion euros that leaders have set aside for youth employment for 2014-20.

 

While all agreed on the urgency needed to tackle youth unemployment, ministers offered no concrete plans, insisting Europe must be pragmatic and work on various strands.

Schaeuble said this was why Germany had also decided to strike deals with countries such as Spain and Greece.

'Let's be honest, there is no quick fix, there is no grand plan,' said Werner Hoyer, head the European Investment Bank.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has invited EU labour ministers to a youth unemployment conference while French President Francois Hollande urged he euro zone to work towards a joint economic government

Together with ministers, he said policies aimed at boosting youth employment must focus on small and medium-sized enterprises as they are the main entry point to the labour market for most.

More than half of Spain's under 25-year-olds are jobless, as are nearly 40 percent in Portugal. In Greece, youth unemployment shot to a record 64 percent in February.

In March 2013, the lowest youth unemployment rates were in Germany and Austria, both below eight per cent, highlighting the wide disparities within the EU.

The youth employment crisis will be a central theme of a June EU leaders' summit, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel has invited EU labour ministers to a youth unemployment conference in Berlin on July 3.

Following up on an idea aired earlier this month, French President Francois Hollande urged the euro zone to work towards a joint economic government with its own budget which could take on specific projects including tackling youth unemployment.

Lexmark S405 & Lexmark & their customer service both suck !!! Worst customer service in the US !!! LEXMARK SUCKS !!!

I got the printer shown below so I could scan things from magazines, print out my email and print letters. I didn't have my new Imac for a year ( long story ) and so the printer sat here and I had nothing but problems with the first printer, including being told to PRINT out a return address in my email on a printer whose printhead wouldn't work. It took 6 phone calls to these idiots before I got someone to understand the concept of sending me a PHYSICAL mailing label.

They outsource their customer service department to the Phillipines. Most of their people don't understand ENGLISH, and this from a country that used to be a possession of the US for years where most of the people SHOULD ** KNOW ** english !!

They have the worst customer service people I've ever dealt with. I can't get the damned printer to print only in black and when I tried to call them today I got another guy I could barely hear who told me that because I have an Imac, they'd have to CHARGE me to tell me HOW to print only in black.

These people SUCK !!

Their customer service people SUCK !!

I've gotten around their morons by calling their corporate office and raising hell in the past and will do so next week but I would NEVER buy one of their printers again.

Once this one dies, I'm going to an HP.

At least I hope their people can understand simple ENGLISH for G*d's sake.

Avoid these turkeys like a plague and never buy their products.

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Why Do People Hate Lexmark? 83% People Do (210 opinions)