I think that’s the general plan. Once trashed....damages go back to the Berlin city gov’t and they just hand the bill over to the federal gov’t.
If you were looking for a bad program to run for asylum/refugees....Germany has about the worst program to copy.
And I’ll go ahead and bet that not one single room from the four-star hotels under this chain....will be used for refugees.
Thanks for the insight Pepsionice.
It makes perfect sense the way you describe things.
Just the City/State going for the free Federal money and doing a favor for their friends. Same as parking busses where you know they will be destroyed by the hurricane or letting a forest fire get really big before you try to put it out. If you know the Feds are gonna pay cost plus then by all means run up the tab.