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To: Michael81Dus

Sure the budget will be fixed...

... and the socialists have demanded to raise VAT for an 'economy enhancing program ?

She stands for state funded economy and she needs no socialist to have these ideas !


19 posted on 01/13/2006 6:25:44 AM PST by globalheater (we need more thoughts then opinions)
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To: globalheater

"Sure the budget will be fixed...

... and the socialists have demanded to raise VAT for an 'economy enhancing program ?

She stands for state funded economy and she needs no socialist to have these ideas !"

That is the problem with coalition governments in Germany: The CDU/CSU is probably one third cultural and religious conservatives (e.g. Edmund Stoiber, prime minister of Bavaria; Ursula von der Leyen, federal minister for families, senior citizens and women), one third what one calls "Christian social romantics" in Germany (e.g. Peter Mueller, prime minister of the Saarland; but also former chancellor Helmut Kohl) and one third neo-conservatives (Angela Merkel; Friedrich Merz, former minority leader in the Bundestag) - and that's why in terms of economic policies a coaltion government between CDU/CSU and SPD brings out the worst in the CDU.

That's why I would always vote for the Free Democratic or Liberal Party (classical liberalism that is), which consists of approx. two thirds libertarians / capitalists and one third civil-rights liberals. The dynamic within a CDU/CSU-FDP coalition, where the neo-conservatives tend to team up with the libertarians, thus differs significantly from a CDU/CSU-SPD coalition, where socialists and social romantics seem to get along best.


21 posted on 01/13/2006 7:10:55 AM PST by wolf78
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