Why are they so worried about the pizzagate thing ? I don ' t get it . It ' s just a stupid conspiracy . Why would it concern them ? <| sep |> Just a question , how are a lot of people from the rest of the world , from middle class from third world countries can and do and americans can ' t ? Certainly some of it is cultural , and a number of other factors apply , but primarily First and foremost , very little vacation and very few statutory holidays . It ' s not uncommon for many Americans to have 510 days of paid vacation . If you use a few for a sick kid and a couple to get home and back for Thanksgiving they ' re all gone . Also for many Americans their sick days come out of their vacation . So if you get the flu you have to take vacation to get better . and many Americans don ' t use the vacation they have as well . There ' s a fear that they if they take time off they will be the ones fired when the next round of layoffs happen . We can let Smith go . We didn ' t need him during those three weeks he was galavanting around Bangkok while the rest of use were working . Secondly , many people travel when they ' re young and broaden their horizons But in the case of the USA , many people in their 20 s graduate with crippling student loans that they have to start paying down Hundreds of thousands of dollars in some cases . Hard to plunk down $ 2000 for plane tickets to India when you ' re 24 and owe the equivalent of a mortgage . There ' s also no notion of a ' gap year ' in the USA . And yes , of course , you ' ll meet Americans all over the world . Many Americans can and do travel . But many don ' t .