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Title: CONSERVATIVE wins in German Election on Tax-cut Agenda
Post by: Tarheel on September 28, 2009, 10:06:21 AM

 :sarcasm:

Wait!  What?!  The enlightened Europeans re-elected a conservative running on a tax-cut and deregulation agenda?!  I simply can't believe it.

(Makes me wonder why we can't seem to do that on this side of the pond.)

Here's an excerpt, all emphasis is my own, and the loosing candidate's theme might sound familiar to the followers of Chairman Maobama:

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Merkel Wins Majority for Tax-Cut Coalition in Germany (Update1)
By Tony Czuczka and Brian Parkin

Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she’ll press ahead with tax cuts and labor-market deregulation after winning re-election with enough support to govern with the pro-business Free Democrats.

With Germany struggling to recover from the deepest economic slump since World War II, voters spurned plans by Merkel’s Social Democratic challenger to raise taxes on top earners.
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Full story:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a6XjO.79Q8nc (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a6XjO.79Q8nc)

Title: Re: CONSERVATIVE wins in German Election on Tax-cut Agenda
Post by: AUTiger1 on September 28, 2009, 11:16:41 AM

Tax cuts got us in this mess....or at least that is what I was told.