[MadIvan]

I don't suppose they realized that taxing savings encourages people to stuff mattresses instead of depositing money in banks.

Or send it to offshore banks like in the Channel Islands or Switzerland.

Regards, Ivan

[Imal]

Or send it to offshore banks like in the Channel Islands or Switzerland.

Or just spend it on "bier, schnapps und zigaretten", and lapse into depression and despair.