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But if you are full time employed by and for the people, then make this much money on the side; that does say something...
The problem with most rich is that they feel they can never be too rich.
I never liked this individual ,he always comes across as a little too arrogant for me. He could make an excellent chancellor.however. but I remain dubious.
The only thing missing from US politics is, if he wants a tax cut.
It's easier to pull the rich down for 'Justice', than it is to pull the poor up for 'Justice'. TheLocal readership will be happy to hear that the rich will be poorer. However, the poor will be poorer too. But cutting of your nose to spite your face is just your style anyway. Have fun!
As long as their vote and their interests carry the same weight as that of a normal person and they pay their frigging taxes. I'm paying mine and am not dying if I have to pay a percent more if I earn more. Same rules for all.
(And not paying 0,003 percent of your networth as a "fine" to stop an investigation into you either)
and that is enough for me to dislike him ,if you vote S.P.D. you don't want them to work for or with the C.D.U. the party should purge itself of those who were involved with that groß coalition.Out with the old and in with the new.
@IchBinKönig,
If you have such contempt for "TheLocal readership" why prey do you involve yourself? what a strange little minded person you must be.
The Real rich , those that inherited wealth not those with the 6 figure jobs and rented BMWs. The real rich do not squander their money in instant gratification, no they are like scrooge, they talk to their financial advisors.
Because, It's just far too much fun to repeatedly dribble the truth like a football off your ugly skull. Ha
Ted 0pts
My money is on King for another English style beatdown. 1812 from the front row.
"and that is enough for me to dislike him ,if you vote S.P.D. you don't want them to work for or with the C.D.U."
So what exactly are you trying to say here? That if one party is the majority that all other parties should refuse to work with them? Or are you trying to say that one party rule should be the result of all elections? Seriously, you constantly complain about and demonize everything and everyone that doesn't fit into your far left worldview. But guess what, this is a democracy (republic really, but lets leave semantics out of this) and that means that there will always be other views besides your own that will be represented in the government. To completely write off someone because he had the nerve to actually work together with another party in a democracy is exactly the type of idealogical extremism one would expect from the far right teabaggers in the US.
Then again, maybe you would prefer a system of government which is always dominated by one party - in which case, disregard everything I just said.
If a party wins the majority then I completely agree that they have a mandate to rule and don't find that a problem .
If however I vote for a party's manifesto in the belief that they intend to keep to those promises (naive maybe) ,and then the do a complete u-turn and disappoint all their supporters then I do feel aggrieved.See how popular the Liberal party is in the U.K. for doing such a thing right now.
I believe in democracy and oppose one party states but for the above reasons which I don't consider wrong I think the S.P.D. in the groß coalition sold out it's principals to retain a scrape of power and I don't want that to happen again under his leadership or anyone else s.
p.s .
I don't understand two comments made by adversaries one of whom is simply contemptible anyway.
On you last point first I would like a government that did not include so many people who were caught cheating in their exams and using a title to which they were not entitled that in any other walk of life would be fraud .
If we adopt your ideas of democracy then every party would be the same run by rich uncaring individuals who only want power and will do any deal to achieve it (oh thats now ) ,are you saying that if I vote on a promise to say end nuclear energy and when they get in power they build more plants because their new found friends in the coalition expect a compromise I should not be angry and just accept they don't have "the required level ideological purity " or as I would phrase it the have lied and I will not trust them again until I see a fundamental change .