Europe declares vacations a "human right" - Would you pay for someone else's trip?

[Crazedclerkthe2nd]

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/...330/story.html

Apparently, Europe is planning to subsidize vacations for people who cannot afford them because they have decided a vacation is a human right.

HELL NO.

Anyone who agrees with this view ought to be ashamed of themselves. NO ONE is guaranteed the right to a vacation, a car, a house, a good paying job. These are things you have to EARN....as in work for them. I don't believe a government should ever do things like this.

I sympathize with people who, for all kinds of reasons, cannot travel, but you don't need to go anywhere to live a full rich life and I've yet to meet anyone, regardless of income or class, who's never taken any kind of trip, even if it's to a town a few miles away.

I really wish I was in the room when this idea was proposed...

[Greenday]

This is one of the most retarded things I've heard lately....More to come when I'm sober.

[Rapscallion]

A minimum paid time off from employment is guaranteed. Fine. Everyone gets that already.

Subsidised and/or free trips? I'm just glad to see that this is only a proposal and not in force. Yet.

Rapscallion

[draggar]

That's crazy but of course that's already happening in the USA in the form of "bailouts" where we send billions to companies and then watch their executives take lavish vacations.

[Fashion Lad!]

A minimum paid time off from employment is guaranteed. Fine. Everyone gets that already.

And this is why I live in the wrong country.

[Rapscallion]

Well, since I'm a 5-day week worker, I'm legally required to have 28 days holiday per year. That can include staturary holidays (bank holidays and other national holidays etc). I actually get 32 days at my place, and 33 next year.

I get my holiday allocation at the start of April. I just took two weeks off and still have forty left.

Rapscallion

[Fashion Lad!]

Well, since I'm a 5-day week worker, I'm legally required to have 28 days holiday per year. That can include staturary holidays (bank holidays and other national holidays etc). I actually get 32 days at my place, and 33 next year.

I get my holiday allocation at the start of April. I just took two weeks off and still have forty left.

Rapscallion

I really live in the wrong country. Our government doesn't make it legally required for any company to give anyone any vacation.

[Rapscallion]

Well, most places don't allow you to roll your holidays over, but my place does.

Also, I spelled statutory incorrectly. I blush.

See? Socialism isn't all bad

Rapscallion

[jackfaire]

Time off work yes.

Vacation well whose idea of a vacation? My idea of a relaxing time does not involve palm trees.

I don't like going to the beach. Camping lost it's luster when I hit adulthood. For me a good vacation would be driving around the country looking at odd things and meeting people.

I bet my vacation would be more expensive than some.

[gremcint]

Here's my problem with programs like this, forgetting about whether or not they should get he vacation at all for a moment:
poor person: I have huge crushing debt or I'm behind on bills and need a little help, can I get some money

Government: well too bad you can't get any money but you can have a trip and a hotel stay on us

pp: that's really nice but could I just have the money I could pay my electricity bill and maybe actually have some decent food.

Government: nope, you have to take the vacation or nothing

pp: but I'm coming back to my same crappy life, my vacation does me no good if I have to go right back to super stress, what If I sold the plane ticket.

Government: nope that would be fraud, you have to take the vacation


anyways I think you see where I'm going with this.