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Germany: 'We're Happy to Give the Greeks Anything, Just Not Money'
Spiegel ^
| 03/04/10
| Sebastian Fischer and Severin Weiland
Posted on 03/04/2010 2:31:25 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: proudtobeanamerican1
you can only sell your home ONCE.
BTW: the word on the popular street is the Greeks are now REALLY pissed over that who island land grab offer.
The Greeks have an expression “an angry man will burn the house to kill the termites.”
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posted on
03/04/2010 10:14:33 AM PST
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: longtermmemmory
Spain and especially Italy, are much richer, because they are much more industrialized and agriculturally productive than Greece, which is really a pretty small place with a numerically small population.
So, althought they are in huge trouble, Spain and Italy have a much better financial cushion. What enabled Greece to foolishly enlarge its public sector was the many years they were on the Euro-dole, along with Portugal and Ireland. They received huge yearly subsidies from the EU, which according to plan then stopped. Ireland made the best use of the money in improving infrastructure and education and was ready (sort of) for the cut-off.. Portugal and Greece used their free money to make things worse!
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posted on
03/04/2010 2:48:15 PM PST
by
Kenny Bunk
(Go-Go Donofrio. get us that Writ of Quo Warranto!)
To: Ken H
I would think the US % would be much higher now. What years were used for Germany and Greece.
Germany: 12% was 2002/2003, but total numbers have since decreased. Was 11%-11.5% in 2006%. Probably around the same right now.
Also, do you know if the US figure includes the state and municipal sectors?
AFAIK yes. Same for Germany which is also a federal republic (most of the police, school system etc. is state responsibility).
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posted on
03/05/2010 3:06:25 AM PST
by
wolf78
(Inflation is a form of taxation, too. Cranky Libertarian - equal opportunity offender.)
To: darkside321
Well i´m not 100% shure for Germany (But i think it´s the same there) because i live in Austria. But the 13th and 14th month pay is law here. So every employer has to pay it.
It's not the same in Germany, where a christmas bonus in the form of a 13th "Monatsgehalt" is a bonus most often agreed upon between unions and employers. So if you e.g. work for Daimler / Mercedes, you get it. But as it's a bonus it's sometimes subject to economic performance of the company, e.g. during the current crisis you only get half or so. Or it's being completely scrapped in return for employment guarantees.
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03/05/2010 3:11:12 AM PST
by
wolf78
(Inflation is a form of taxation, too. Cranky Libertarian - equal opportunity offender.)
To: wolf78
Well thanks for the info.
I really didn´t know this.
lg aus Österreich
To: TigerLikesRooster
The last two times in was the German war machine the conquered the bulk of Europe & beyond — this time it’s German banks.
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posted on
03/06/2010 11:57:31 PM PST
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M. Espinola
(Freedom is never "free")
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