Posted on 09/24/2016 6:34:59 PM PDT by MtnClimber
When the Con Artist Acts Generous
How many times tax relief has been promised, what came of it and how Frauke Petry invited attack
In 2005, with little effort and a slight head-start, Merkel clambered onto the chancellor’s throne ahead of Schröder. She also got votes out of gratitude for her agreement to noticeably lower taxes.
The VAT would rise a compensatory two points, so that the state would not have to accumulate more debt. The SPD rejected that completely. In the end, they came to an agreement — instead of the VAT rising not at all (SPD) or by two points (CDU), it would rise three points, from 16 to 19%. We were a little impatient in those days. But it was not long, luckily, for the word in the 2009 elections was, again, Merkel intends to lower taxes. Of course we voted for her because of that. Who wanted to miss out on a windfall?
Windfall? Not a sou, and some people took it badly, but astonishingly, not against the chancellor’s party. Their new coalition partner, the Free Democratic Party, struggled in vain to lower the tax burden. At one point we were able to see a demonically grinning Finance Minister Schäuble sitting next to the helplessly commiserating FDP head, Rösler, as though the old fox was saying, “Run around all you want, little twerp, I’ve laid traps everywhere.”
The liberals didn’t have a chance.
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These leftist leaders like to see people suffer. If they were guaranteed to share the suffering their immigrants cause they would think twice before letting criminals and jihadists in.
Leftist’s are, and of themselves. They truly don’t give a rats butt about anyone other than themselves period. I believe it’s in their genes. /S
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