Comments on: SPD says: don’t buy German http://www.keyscorner.com/archives/2005/04/20/spd-says-dont-buy-german/ a somewhat unstructured collection of news, facts and opinions Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:42:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: John http://www.keyscorner.com/archives/2005/04/20/spd-says-dont-buy-german/#comment-725 John Fri, 22 Apr 2005 20:48:14 +0000 http://www.keyscorner.com/?p=244#comment-725 @Kai - yes, I'm sure that's what they wanted to say, but boycotting the "un-patriotic" companies may - in the worst case - put them out of business, and that's not what the SPD wants either. I hope. I've seen a number of articles about how exporting some jobs enables companies to keep other jobs on in Germany. What I would prefer to see, is some real innovation in things like tax law - how about a flat rate tax at say 20% on everything, like some eastern European countries have been doing? Simplify everything, make a lot of tax advisors and tax officials redundant and allow the rest of us to focus on generating wealth for Germany, rather than spending a lot of time working out how to save taxes? @Kai – yes, I’m sure that’s what they wanted to say, but boycotting the “un-patriotic” companies may – in the worst case – put them out of business, and that’s not what the SPD wants either. I hope.

I’ve seen a number of articles about how exporting some jobs enables companies to keep other jobs on in Germany.

What I would prefer to see, is some real innovation in things like tax law – how about a flat rate tax at say 20% on everything, like some eastern European countries have been doing? Simplify everything, make a lot of tax advisors and tax officials redundant and allow the rest of us to focus on generating wealth for Germany, rather than spending a lot of time working out how to save taxes?

]]> By: kaydee http://www.keyscorner.com/archives/2005/04/20/spd-says-dont-buy-german/#comment-724 kaydee Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:55:19 +0000 http://www.keyscorner.com/?p=244#comment-724 i'm so sick of these idiots. i can't tell you. =( i’m so sick of these idiots. i can’t tell you. =(

]]> By: Kai http://www.keyscorner.com/archives/2005/04/20/spd-says-dont-buy-german/#comment-723 Kai Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:57:56 +0000 http://www.keyscorner.com/?p=244#comment-723 I think what they really meant to say is: as a patriotic German (when did the social democrats start relying on patriotism so much?) you ought to buy products from non-foreign and non-job-exporting German companies. So effectively Germans should only buy real German products. I think what they really meant to say is: as a patriotic German (when did the social democrats start relying on patriotism so much?) you ought to buy products from non-foreign and non-job-exporting German companies. So effectively Germans should only buy real German products.

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