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Personally I would like to see things get to a point that people switch countries as often as they switch jobs. Anything that would force countries to compete with benefits vs. costs. Many people talk about market forces driving inefficiencies out of the market place. I don't think the Government should be so shielded from this. I would like to see the government be the best it can possibly be and no government is anywhere near that atm IMO.

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...and learning a new language every few years isn't an inefficiency?

I'm living in a country now that has four national languages. None of which are English, yet I know several people who've lived here for years and can't speak a word of any of those languages. English is international these days and will get you much much further then you might think.

Switzerland? Or is there another?

I live in Switzerland, yes, but I have Scottish college who worked previously in Germany and several friends from South Africa who've worked all over Europe. None of them can get much past "ja" or "nein".

The thing to remember is that, outside of the U.S., most companies of any size are international. And once they're international the main language is probably going to be English because that will be the most accessible middle ground.

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