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leftstreet

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Reply to malaise (Reply #13)

Sat Aug 28, 2021, 10:52 AM

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Germany's Social Democrats are polling ahead of Merkel's bloc for the first time in 15 years [View all] Celerity Aug 2021 OP

Sounds like people preferred Merkel over conservative parties. TreasonousBastard Aug 2021 #1

Merkel and the CDU are the main conservative party in Germany nt Celerity Aug 2021 #2

Aware of that. Just noting that cdu is dropping now that merkel isn't running. . TreasonousBastard Aug 2021 #4

The CDU acted like fools DFW Aug 2021 #6

That's like saying Americans preferred Joe Biden over the Democratic Party DFW Aug 2021 #5

Kinda what I was saying. Voters llked Merkel more than her party. TreasonousBastard Aug 2021 #7

Germany has far too many parties DFW Aug 2021 #3

what additional taxes (not VAT as you said PLUS VAT) on $85K get you to a 50% effective rate? Celerity Aug 2021 #8

My wife never left the Catholic Church DFW Aug 2021 #10

wow, that double taxation is crazy, the US is the only major nation that bangs you on completely Celerity Aug 2021 #14

It doesn't make clear who still pays, DFW Aug 2021 #15

It's down to just the US and Eritrea (2% for them, and they are under the cosh as it funds a Celerity Aug 2021 #17

I hadn't seen the part about the maximum exclusion DFW Aug 2021 #18

Scary times that threaten a return of vicious archconservatives Hortensis Aug 2021 #9

The mainstream parties here used to dominate postwar politics DFW Aug 2021 #11

Authoritarians Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #12

Th Reagan-Thatcher New World Order is over malaise Aug 2021 #13

+1 leftstreet Aug 2021 #16

It's mainly because Scholz would be the new Chancellor Marius25 Aug 2021 #19

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