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To: MadIvan
Interesting, but I'd really like to see an article discussing how the absorption of East Germany changed West Germany as they became one country again.

Please ping me if you ever see one. Thanks!

6 posted on 09/18/2002 10:52:32 PM PDT by patriciaruth
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To: patriciaruth
but I'd really like to see an article discussing how the absorption of East Germany changed West Germany as they became one country again.

Yes, a huge issue. I have no article to offer, but my aging German friend is absolutely furious with her old friends in East Germany, well-educated professionals, who expect to continue to live on government stipends ala communism rather than putting in an honest day's work for an honest day's pay. She says they don't understand capitalism, hate it, resist it. I'm talking about dentists, doctors, other professionals with high earning power sitting on their well-padded tushes, going to work only ten, fifteen hours per week and collecting substantial government checks. Multiply by a few million and you understand one huge drag on the German economy. Many in West Germany now privately admit that they regret the wall ever came down.

15 posted on 09/19/2002 12:59:32 AM PDT by PoisedWoman
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