Germany sinking even deeper into red

Expatica Communications BV ^ | 22 November 2002

[John Lenin]

With strikes in France it could get worse.

[Righty1]

Wiedersehen!

[Malesherbes]

Schadenfreude.

[nypokerface]

Thanks for the article. Its like a ray of sunshine on my day.

[ottersnot]

Gees, with all those weapons grade sales of equipment
to Iraq you would think that France and Germany would be doing great. Go figure.

[aristeides]

Raising taxes in a recession doesn't make much sense. What will it take to make the German leftists see that cuts in welfare state benefits are really the only choice they have?

[Sparta]

To quote MadIvan "HOLD MEIN BIER". I wonder how much foreign aid will the Germans beg for this year.

[Republic of Texas]

" Germany sinking even deeper into red "

snicker... American translation of Schadenfreude

[Bringbackthedraft]

Don't forget we are heavily invested in Germany. If they go down it will affect our investment portfolios. After WWII we bought Germany.

[crystalk]

German electorate, apparently totally unable to smell strong coffee brewing in Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, and maybe even France, voted a couple of months ago in their sleep and have elected a government that cannot possibly be allowed to complete its term in office--

It should hardly be allowed even to TAKE office!

It gives me no great comfort to say this, but a man needs to ride in from the wings on a brown horse and take that country over, dismissing all non-German ethnic residents, and making strong claims for due justice and return of all German lands and rights now held in Poland, Czech Rep., and yes even Konigsberg.

Now I will get flamed, among other reasons, by those saying such a thing is impossible, could never take place in today's Europe. It will dash so many bright hopes and delusive dreams. It may even be many months or a few years away, but be careful. He is on his way, I hear his foot steps.

[my right]

Liberal Europe instead of China could be this country's next big adversary. When their liberalism crashes their ecomomy, who do you think they will blame?

[staytrue]

who do you think they will blame?

Everyone but themselves.

[Friedrich Hayek]

Yes, the Jews are undoubtedly responsible for Germany's current state of affairs.

[expatpat]

I don't think Adolf has a brown horse.

[Doe Eyes]

Sources in the German Finance Ministry put the new shortfall for 2002 and 2003 total at EUR 52.5 billion ...

We (USA) did that much last month.

[spectre]

Getting some of their "disputed" lands back would not add one mark er... Euro to their economic improvement.

Germany is in trouble because they are a socialist country whose overly generous benefits to both working and retired citizens is finally coming due.

If they stay on the same track it will only get worse.

[Koblenz]

I don't think we're that invested in Germany. Sure, most big companies have operations there: Coke, Ford, etc., but they have operations everywhere. And Germany isn't going away, it's just going to decline a few percent. Hardly a blip in McDonald's or Microsoft's worldwide sales.

As far as purchasing stocks in German companies, some mutual funds have bought German companies. There's Daimler Chrysler, but they've also got substantial operations in the US. And Deutsche Bank has invested much more in the US than any US bank has invested in Germany. But there aren't that many German companies that are listed in the United States.

Germany does buy a fair amount of consumer products from American companies, and we buy a fair amount of their automobiles, machine tools, and beer, among other things.

So yes, Germany and the US are linked, but they need us a hell of a lot more than we need them.

[JohnnyRidden]

God willing Schroeder will lose his Chancellorship in a vote of no confidence, and a new Chancellor can be elected from the Christian Democrats and set things straight for Germany.

[crystalk]

That would appear unlikely, for there are few Jews IN the country now.

The problem IMHO is addiction to Socialism, a greying population, unwillingness to break out of established little safe paths, lack of innovation and daring.

WhatEVER the problem is, this present newly elected regime is garbage and needs to be taken out. Then a start can be made.

The so-called Free Democrat party ought to be made the largest party in the country, and it needs some national or rightist party for a coalition partner, but if any party of that stripe arises there, irrational fears of neo-Nazism doom it.

I still say the man is in waiting, and about to appear in a matter of 2 or 3 years or less.

To other poster responding, as far as I know I never saw Hitler pictured on horseback.

[Da_Shrimp]

return of all German lands and rights now held in Poland

The Krauts can keep their filthy hands off of Polish lands. They have no rights to anything in Poland.