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US troop withdrawals spark German job losses
TheLocal.de ^
| 28 Feb 2014 10:12 GMT+01:00
Posted on 02/28/2014 11:28:36 PM PST by Olog-hai
Hundreds of Germans will lose their jobs through US Army troop withdrawals under cutbacks announced by the American military.
The military announced last week that 554 Germans directly employed by US forces would be made redundant.
But the communities around the army bases warned the knock-on effect would be far greater than the headline job loss figure. …
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brac; hagel; obama; powervacuum; troopwithdrawal; unemployment
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posted on
02/28/2014 11:28:36 PM PST
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Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
02/28/2014 11:30:31 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Olog-hai; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...
To: Olog-hai
As long as the Pizza shop in Vilsek stays open....
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posted on
02/28/2014 11:31:27 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
02/28/2014 11:35:25 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: Olog-hai
Tough. We subsidized Europes’ socialism for almost 70 years. Deal with it.
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posted on
03/01/2014 3:15:17 AM PST
by
98ZJ USMC
To: Olog-hai
This on one page and on the other “obama warns Russia about Ukraine”. What a mixed message these jerks send.
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posted on
03/01/2014 3:32:31 AM PST
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
To: Olog-hai
It is time. The Wehrmacht can beef up to fill the gap
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posted on
03/01/2014 3:37:57 AM PST
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: 98ZJ USMC
Tough. We subsidized Europes’ socialism for almost 70 years. Deal with it.
Might I suggest: Tough. We subsidized Europes’ socialism for almost 70 years. Deal with it.
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posted on
03/01/2014 5:04:23 AM PST
by
The_Republic_Of_Maine
(Be kept informed on Maine's secession, sign up at freemaine@hushmail.com)
To: Olog-hai
I’ve watched this happen in a couple of German communities, and the after-effects of an American troop withdrawal has all kinds of consequences in a German community that go beyond the jobs lost.
Huge numbers of buildings are vacated, operational expenses that funded numerous local businesses are gone, mixed German-American families are left in German communities with no more “America” to hold on to, American schools are closed, social mixers that familiarize cultures are ended, and infrastructure created is no longer needed.
It’s been handled in other places, but it truly is a huge disruption for a decade at a minimum.
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posted on
03/01/2014 5:13:55 AM PST
by
xzins
( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
To: xzins
World War II did cause a bit of a disruption here in the USA, too.
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posted on
03/01/2014 5:18:24 AM PST
by
Redleg Duke
("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfusbutcher)
To: Jimmy Valentine
So much for “inflexible purposes” and all that.
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posted on
03/01/2014 5:21:30 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: 98ZJ USMC
They aren’t going to subsidize our national defense in exchange, take note.
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posted on
03/01/2014 5:22:27 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Mouton
Obama did not actually warn Russia about any thing. He merely mouthed some words that the press has morphed into a warning.
Americans fear the IRS more than the Russians fear our military.
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posted on
03/01/2014 5:26:59 AM PST
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
To: xzins
The vacuum left in my former city has been filled by immigrants. The blight is sad to see- you are right, maybe in decades there will be recovery, but it is not the same place I grew up in.
To: Olog-hai
Who cares Germany! Help yourself for once.
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posted on
03/01/2014 5:52:25 AM PST
by
angcat
To: conservative cat
What community were you involved in?
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posted on
03/01/2014 6:11:39 AM PST
by
xzins
( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
To: Olog-hai
Consider it freedom from joblock.
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posted on
03/01/2014 6:27:22 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: xzins
It happened a dozen times in Japan from the 1950s through the 80s.
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posted on
03/01/2014 6:34:43 AM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
To: Olog-hai
I’m REALLY surprised they closed USAREUR HQ in Heidelberg.
My old landlord is deeply saddened...
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posted on
03/01/2014 12:38:40 PM PST
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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