Don't forget it was the German's who got us out of the last Great Depression.
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Nearly, what they're doing is taxing 5.5% of your income tax. I've never managed to get out of it but they did stop it for a while (probably when Churchill was working here) and then brought it back again. Apprently there is something going through the courts and Bundestag which might see all of us who can't vote getting it all backOriginally posted by chef View Postmy taxes are still paying for that at the rate of 5.5% I think, a "solidarity tax"
The state funded parks however are very nice apparently in east germany, far nicer than those in the west
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Yeah..........but it is payable in Drachmas!!Originally posted by darmstadt View PostApprently there is something going through the courts and Bundestag which might see all of us who can't vote getting it all back
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It was a German who said:Originally posted by JimBobTwoTeeth View PostDon't forget it was the German's who got us out of the last Great Depression.
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