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German finance chief floats gasoline tax in migrant crisis
Yahoo ^
| January 16, 2016
| AP staff
Posted on 01/16/2016 8:32:43 AM PST by Leaning Right
Germany's finance minister on Saturday floated the idea of a European tax on gasoline to help finance the continent's efforts to manage the migrant crisis.
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"If the funds in national budgets and the European budget aren't enough, then let's agree, for example, to raise a levy on every liter of gasoline at a certain level," German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gasolinetax; germany; immigrants
The best thing you can say about Europe's ruling elite is that they are tone deaf. Complaints are increasing about migrant behavior, and this guy wants to raise taxes, with the money going to migrant programs.
To: Leaning Right
It is hard to believe these guys actually win elections.
But they do.
Maybe the German voters will learn something...
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posted on
01/16/2016 8:36:45 AM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: 2banana
You cant say that U.S. politicians are any different.
Render unto Caesar.
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posted on
01/16/2016 8:39:14 AM PST
by
Delta 21
(Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
To: Leaning Right
Tax the locals to pay for the invading rapists.......makes perfect sense.
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posted on
01/16/2016 8:40:53 AM PST
by
wny
To: Leaning Right
Germany's finance minister on Saturday floated the idea of a European tax on gasoline to help finance the continent's efforts to manage the migrant crisis.I'm all for it.
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posted on
01/16/2016 8:43:15 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(If the Oregon occupiers are occupying a National Wildlife REFUGE, are they not now REFUGEES?)
To: Leaning Right
Progressivism is supported 100% by debt and unbacked fiat money.
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posted on
01/16/2016 9:18:59 AM PST
by
PGR88
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