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| 2003-11-21 |
| Hat tip to Instapundit EFL About 100,000 people took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday to demonstrate against Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s These people should be ashamed of themsleves. Answering the call of Yes! Why take from the rich? Good question. Police and organizers estimated the crowd to be about 100,000, underlining the task facing Schroeder as he tries to counter a jobless rate of over 10 percent. The size of the protest could also embolden critics within his center-left coalition government, which has only a slender majority in the lower house. A 10 percent jobless rate! Isn’t this on par with say, Mali? Schroeder plans to bring forward by a year tax cuts originally scheduled for 2005 in an attempt to boost lackluster consumer spending Ah ha! That scheming demon! Tax cuts! Speaking on Germany’s ARD television, he insisted the welfare state had to be shaken up if it was to survive. What had to survive? The welfare stae or the German economy? Oopps. Welfare = German economy. My bad. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #11 His time of the month, methinks... |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2003-11-22 11:55:52 AM |
| #10 Last Minute Mike is on message today! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-22 7:52:15 AM |
| #9 Super Hose--yeah--they will move their companies to Bermuda to escape US taxes while they make all their profits in the US--Tyco ring a bell moron? Of course the parliament of whores that is the GOP controlled House of Reps has no problem with that type of chicanery |
| Posted by: NotMikeMoore 2003-11-21 11:11:30 PM |
| #8 Perfect! If 100000 are protesting it means that things are moving. Actually Schroeder seems to mean business with reforms. People protest because they will hurt and unfortunately they will need to. A lot of things are on the table now... sweeping tax reform (make your yearly declaration in 10 minutes plan, 25% maximum income tax), easier to open a business, cutting welfare etc... On a side note, the economy slowly seems to be picking up and Germany again is world champion in exports. And this despite of a hurting strong Euro. I guess we still make rather decent cars and other stuff... People tend to forget that we incorporated a seriously rotten and bancrupt economy. If you've visited East Germany in 1989, you might want to take a look now... things HAVE changed there. Unemployment is still too high. But the 10% we have are made up of 7,5 % in the West and 16% in the East. The South only has 5 to 6%. Trust Arnie... we'll be back! |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2003-11-21 5:53:28 PM |
| #7 Germany's "trickle-up" economy. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2003-11-21 12:16:35 PM |
| #6 Frank, they need to change stock brokers then. |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-11-21 11:24:05 AM |
| #5 It's not welfare! ....It's um..an investment in people! Yeah, that's the ticket |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-11-21 11:06:28 AM |
| #4 Sarge, That is what the Donks are working toward. What with practically giving the |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-11-21 10:12:49 AM |
| #3 How about upwards of 60% of the Federal budget allocated to 'entitlements' (that is to say wealth redistribution). And rising... No thanks! |
| Posted by: eLarson 2003-11-21 9:06:13 AM |
| #2 Mark I am not sure which direction they are migrating. But the Dimocrats want to make the U.S. economy mirror Europe. Anyone ready for 10% unemployment? How about 35% tax brackets for the POOR? Welfare for anybody who sets foot in the country? I don't think so. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2003-11-21 8:59:34 AM |
| #1 I had no idea there were so many ex-pat Democrats living in Germany. |
| Posted by: Mark 2003-11-21 8:34:37 AM |