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And west germans are still paying for it... :(
by cyberpunk 5y ago
And west germans are still paying for it... :(
- _glass 5y agoAnd East Germans, you might not know this, but a lot of Western Germans are teasing Eastern Germans that they pay for this, when in general there is a tax for all citizens. In general this kind of support is needed, and with positive results, see Bavaria, which had no industry until recently. Or big factories that were relocated after WWII like Audi from Zwickau (Saxony) to Ingolstadt (Bavaria).
- nautilius 5y agoI assume you would support a 'nautilius-tax' then. Everyone pays $10 a month to me, but because I also throw $10 in the bucket it's totally fair!
- hulitu 5y agoNo. This is pure propaganda. Some west germans made good money from east.
- nautilius 5y agoApparently 1.25e12 (!) Euro until 2008, and who knows how much since then. https://www.brandeins.de/magazine/brand-eins-wirtschaftsmagazin/2004/recht-und-richtig/was-ist-eigentlich-der-solidaritaetszuschlag https://www.brandeins.de/magazine/brand-eins-wirtschaftsmaga...
- hulitu 5y agoYes the money are taken. I really doubt that it is used to pay for infrastructure in east germany.
- cyberpunk 5y agoHow is it propaganda? I pay the solidarity tax like everyone else, so it’s literally money out of my pocket for… what? East Germany doesn’t exist anymore, it’s just Germany. Why should we pay reparation tax in 2021?