If they have enough money they'll just hire Blackwater.

In great many cases those living paycheck to paycheck aren't poor. There are often many who live on half of what those paycheck-to-paycheck make. The only reason they don't live on half and invest the other half is the belief that they are entitled to a more luxurious livestyle.

That would have to happen worldwide. Otherwise you could simply exchange Monero for Bitcoin somewhere outside the EU's jurisdiction.

How do they intend to verify the transfers in XMR or ZEC? AFAIK those two (among others) were designed to prevent such sort of tracking. So crypto exchange -> paper wallet -> crypto exchange should still be untraceable even with exchange in full compliance of the law.

This. Nationwide Clinton got 2.8 million votes more than Trump. In California her advantage was 4.2 million. That's exactly the situation Electoral college was designed for: one heavy populated state flips the nationwide vote.

What would be interesting if just relaxing and e.g. listening to your favourite music for an hour would produce similar results.

On the other hand, "Akademik Lomonosov" powership has twice the needed capacity (2x 32 MW reactors).

Such a tank is perfect for concealing time of death: body is permanently kept warm.

Maybe I've watched too much Columbo.

What if Putin tries to influence the Brexit's outcome with media reports about possible influence over Brexit's outcome by Putin?

That is why you need more university students from abroad: they are much more likely to integrate into the German society than refugees or foreign low-skilled workers.

Funny, just today an intern where I work told me that she wants to go to TU Ilmenau to study electrical engineering. This university has indeed a good reputation.

Otherwise, my story is similar to yours except that when I've started 2002 to study for Dipl.-Inf. (comparable with M.Sc. in computer sciences) there were no tuition costs. They were introduced later, but my university has adopted the approach of charging long-term students only. So I could get a degree with no debt which is nice. After the university I've decided to stay in Germany. Sure, the taxes are somewhat high. I pay them gladly though so anyone willing and capable can get top education like I did regardless of how much money the parents have.

In the US college degree is now what high school was earlier: bare minimum required. The system where you basically force a great swath of your generation to take on a debt to be able to achieve that minimum is utterly broken given that they cannot even default on this debt. I was offered more pay in the US, but I won't be going. I'd rather not be supporting such a system and becoming part of the problem.

As for federal holidays: there are 13 of them in our federal country (Bavaria). This year we have 9 of them which are not Saturday or Sunday. Our company also has a policy of "bridge days": if a holiday is on Tuesday then the company's building is closed on Monday. Same with a holiday on Thursday: the "bridge" day is Friday then. You have either to take a vacation or to spend accumulated overtime. This usually leads to an extra vacation week on Christmas. But such rule is not common.

If you absolutely want to work on the weekend or on a holiday, you have to jump over some major hurdles: you can't work alone and you have to notify the security and the management in advance. It is being frowned upon either.

The US concept of sick days is pretty alien here in Germany. You can be sick for up to three days in a row without doctor's notice. If you're sick longer than three days in a row, you need a doctor's notice. But there is no limit set: neither the employer nor the employee can really predict how long one will be sick.

It is seen as a better alternative to employees showing up sick and probably contagious because they don't want to lose money. Last winter I had to take medical leave quite often, probably had had any flu virus that was around. No complains from management whatsoever. My superior was worried about the state of my immune system though and has recommended that I make some additional medical tests to be sure.

So my 6 weeks are guaranteed, if I'm sick, I simply call sick. No change to available vacation days.

In the industry I work the unions have enforced contracts to prevent the abuse you are talking about (Germany).

38-hour weeks are an exception here with 35 being the norm. We are basically forbidden to work more than 10 hours a day. It is not forbidden per se, but the law states that you cannot operate a vehicle after more than 10 hours of work and the company is therefore required to pay for the taxi home. So it is being frowned upon and if you work longer than 10 hours your superior is in big trouble.

Vacations are mandatory, 30 days per year (6 weeks in US terms) +1 extra day for Christmas. You have to take them, otherwise your superior is in trouble. Same with overtime: if you have too much of it, you have to take some days off. And you're getting paid extra if you take a mandatory vacation.

Many engineers here are not happy with the rules but they also understand why these are in place.

I was offered a job in the USA once with almost double the payment. But after I have calculated missing vacation days, overtime insurance costs, vacation and Christmas bonuses etc. I found out that per-hour payment is better here.

AFAIK, there is no such rule in Europe (yet).