On Dec 23, 8:39*am, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:06:34 -0800, "William Sommerwerck"

wrote:
Still the best place (in the Western world) for economic oppression. Still
the best place for the "religious" to deny others their rights.

Well, I don't feel particularly oppressed. *In the distant past, the
US didn't bother with the guild system, which was a European
exclusive.

Distant past, nothing. There are very few jobs in Germany that one can
hold without formal structured training, passing a test, holding a
certificate, with mandated continuing education to keep it.