Here is an article from the NY Times describing well the disparity between the French and Germany economies as exemplified by two cities on the French-German border in the Alsace region. The German apprenticeship program is one American companies should be emulating, especially to begin filling the 3.4 million job openings we have here which are unfilled due to companies being unable to find workers with the requisite skills. Shouldn't we also look at how Germany is maintaining its manufacturing base?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/world/europe/when-a-border-shapes-more-than-territory.html?_r=1&hp
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