[MadIvan]

I hope President Bush gets the FT; it's worth a chuckle to him. And a well deserved one at Schroeder's expense. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[Constitutional Patriot]

Don't expect the socialists to learn from the effects of overtaxation...their solution usually involves them complaining that it is not fair to their governments that all other governments do not enact such confiscatory tax measures.

These socilalists just don't get it. My question is: When the hell are the majority of Europeans going to wake up and see socialism for the unworkable fraud that it is?

[wotan]

German taxation rates, often double those paid by competitors, were placing a dangerous burden on the company.

Meine Herren, you must pay zee taxes so zee millions uff nice Turkish immigrants on velfare vill be hoppy.

[bert]

It would appear that the easterners still like their socialism. Cradle to greve....thats the ticket.!

[Sparta]

The inventors of socialism are really proving that ideology is a failure.

BTW: What does GOTTERDAMMERUNG mean?

[BenLurkin]

Their problem is that they are waiting for their government to "solve" their problems.

In fact government is usually the problem.

[Imal]

The new moves would come a week after European Union finance ministers failed to agree on a joint approach on taxing savings to curb tax evasion.

I don't suppose they realized that taxing savings encourages people to stuff mattresses instead of depositing money in banks. Not too many banks offer enough interest on savings to offset 25% in tax losses!

In light of the apparent widespread enactment of this extremely myopic tax strategy, the rise in gold prices makes a lot more sense.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Socialists have an economic death wish.

The world simply contains too much reality for them. A serious crimp on their utopian desires.

[Stultis]

Malaise Bump.

Mr. Catah, Mr. Jimmuh Catah, please pick up a white courtesy phone...

Oh, and BTW, Germany's latest outrage on the WOT front:

Report: second suspect in Tunisian synagogue attack has left Germany