While Europeans Vacation, Americans Toil

By Marie Cocco, Truthdig
Posted on July 12, 2007, Printed on July 12, 2007
http://www.alternet.org/story/56523/

If you're reading this while on vacation, great for you. If you're reading this at work, having recently finished a vacation or a five-day weekend cobbled together around last week's celebration of Independence Day, I hope the time off was as spectacular as the fireworks.

If you won't get another day off work until December's holiday season, you're not alone. Americans and vacations just don't mix.