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"What?? So by ur logic France and Germany are communist countries???? "
Of course not, but they are slightly going towards the idea of communism as it was defined over a100 years ago. As history proves, it's a nice idea, but in a closer look turns out to be unjust.
The workers' rights are increasing while the employers have less and less to say. It is a slow process, workers' unions are slowly eating their employer. Roanald Reagan's way of fighting unemployment was to make it easier to fire a worker. Surprisingly, it works this way. You don't hesitate to hire someone when you know you can easily fire him if the business goes bad or if he turns out to be a lousy worker. It is about freedom, which socialism takes away. The deal between the employer and the employee is their business, not the government's. They don't open stores in Germany on Sundays, because the unions forced law that forbids it. Even if your employee is ready and willing to work. No wonder the economy goes down. It is a very rich country, so this isn't very visible, but it's happening.
I know that pure capitalism is almost the same kind of utopia as communism is. It's all about balance and I think Europe's current socialist streak is the wrong direction. The balance can be achieved when different countries have local policies. It's sort of a natural evolutionary competition. If a country's approach succeeds, others can follow. A very simplified example: Ireland's low taxes made them develop fast? OK, countries which want the same ecffect will try this approach and lower their taxes. It's their choice. Germany and France's socialists want to decide about the EU taxes and keep them high. Well.. my logic says that's a way for the whole Europe to join their economic downhill ride.