[MicroBob]

You have a point that having MORE vacation imposed upon you than you want if you would rather be working your ass off to make more coin kind of sucks.


but I disagree that you have as much of an 'option' in the U.S. as you imply.
Many jobs you don't really get to say, "Oh yeah, and I want to make a little less money and have 5 weeks off per year."


So, for those who WANT the extra time, it is better to have the govt force the companies to give that time.
Because in most of the U.S. such a 'choice' really doesn't exist. You either deal with very little vacation time or you simply don't get hired in the first place.