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Merkel Launches Campaign Against Schroeder
2005-08-18
The conservative challenger to Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder kicked off her campaign for next month's elections calling for more jobs and economic growth, even as polls showed the chancellor's party gaining in popularity. Yet Schroeder's Social Democrats — whose popularity was up two points to 28 percent — remain well behind Angela Merkel's conservatives, who polled 42 percent, according to the survey by the TNS Emnid research for the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper.

Crowds shouting "Angie! Angie!" welcomed Merkel in Essen, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia where her Christian Democrats and their sister party, the Bavarian Christian Social Union ousted the Social Democrats in state balloting three months ago. The defeat caused Schroeder to call for new elections. "Now the point is to get out of this misery, we need growth, economical growth is the way we need to grow as we are last in Europe. And that is not right," Merkel told the crowd. "That is not adequate for Germany - Germany can do more."
Posted by:Fred

#8  Adam Smith Institute

Nobody listens...
Posted by: Phinemble Angolugum2154   2005-08-18 20:47  

#7  All I can say is good luck Frau Merkel.

On taxes the problem isn't the form it's the bite. The combination of both local, state and federal taxes should not be over 10%. Many flat taxers I have read are saying 20% just for the feds. How about this cut government regulation and programs radically and get rid of the employees. National defense, interstate and foreign relations should be all the Federal government is involved in. My state can pick up the small amount of slack and they can also do it on way less.
Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom   2005-08-18 19:53  

#6  Actually the 'flat tax' momentum is increasing across Europe. It's been kicked off by countries like Estonia and Poland with Russia looking into it as well. There's also groups like the Adam Smith Institute looking into it in the UK (although we'll have to get rid of the Socialist swine running the place first) and of course, Steve Forbes' proposal as well.

It's a very powerful and liberating idea that could seriously envigorate ailing economies.
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-08-18 19:27  

#5  All Kidding aside, Angela Merkel seems very sharp, and would be quite an improvement over the piano playin' Peanuts refugee...

Posted by: BigEd   2005-08-18 14:54  

#4  Simplified IRS form:
1. How much did you make? ________
2. Send it in. ________
3. Signature and date. _________
Posted by: ed   2005-08-18 14:26  

#3  And free beer for everyone! :-)
Posted by: True German Ally   2005-08-18 14:22  

#2  Forbes wants the US one on an index card. Good luck with that. It would be nice to say "Look, Germany did it, we can too." :)
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats   2005-08-18 14:05  

#1  She's proposing Paul Kirchhoff, a radical tax reformer, as finance minister.

He says your average income tax declaration should fit on a beer stub.

That could be interesting.
Posted by: True German Ally   2005-08-18 14:02  

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