Germany : Has It Changed?

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Same old Germans
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Don't mention the war
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Nice people Germans, these days
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Re: Germany : Has It Changed?

Post by Pappa » Sun May 20, 2012 9:03 pm

Germany poured trillions of DM into the former East Germany to keep it afloat after reunification.... and they still managed to keep their economy in good shape compared to the rest of Europe.
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Re: Germany : Has It Changed?

Post by Svartalf » Sun May 20, 2012 9:56 pm

Actually, former East Germany replaced Poland and Turkey as cheap labor source for some years after reunification, and since most of the money poured in was to improve infrastructure and whatnot, which mostly went to German companies, getting EG up to the level of the rest of the country was kind of a giant economic stimulus, the kind the country hadn't seen since the Marshall Plan for reconstruction, or the Nazi works program before that.
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Re: Germany : Has It Changed?

Post by tattuchu » Sun May 20, 2012 10:38 pm

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Re: Germany : Has It Changed?

Post by Tero » Mon May 21, 2012 12:06 am

The Lutherans are same as ever. Years ago I bought stuff with cash, as small stores did not take cash. After Germans got debit cards they were happy with them. No borrowing if you can avoid it.
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Re: Germany : Has It Changed?

Post by Robert_S » Mon May 21, 2012 12:22 am

Svartalf wrote:Actually, former East Germany replaced Poland and Turkey as cheap labor source for some years after reunification, and since most of the money poured in was to improve infrastructure and whatnot, which mostly went to German companies, getting EG up to the level of the rest of the country was kind of a giant economic stimulus, the kind the country hadn't seen since the Marshall Plan for reconstruction, or the Nazi works program before that.
They should have had a West German austerity program instead. :{D
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Re: Germany : Has It Changed?

Post by Svartalf » Mon May 21, 2012 1:22 am

The day the price of Sauerkraut and Bratwurst rises one cent a pound will be when an irate mob will behead Merkel and parade her head atop of a pike.
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Re: Germany : Has It Changed?

Post by Warren Dew » Mon May 21, 2012 4:55 am

Tero wrote:Years ago I bought stuff with cash, as small stores did not take cash.
I'm thinking you may have meant something else than what got typed here, but I'm not sure what.
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Re: Germany : Has It Changed?

Post by Atheist-Lite » Mon May 21, 2012 5:34 am

Years ago I bought stuff with cash, as small stores did not take cash credit? :smoke:
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Re: Germany : Has It Changed?

Post by Coito ergo sum » Tue May 22, 2012 6:46 pm

Those weren't fire bombs... they were fertilizer bombs.
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Re: Germany : Has It Changed?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue May 22, 2012 9:52 pm

Coito ergo sum wrote:Those weren't fire bombs... they were fertilizer bombs.
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