Large sums of money were transferred out of East Germany too. E.g. a lot of real estate was bought of by investors from the West. Unsurprisingly because the eco

Large sums of money were transferred out of East Germany too. E.g. a lot of real estate was bought of by investors from the West. Unsurprisingly because the economy of the east was crushed after reunification. Of course it's a question of where the money flows from and to. The money flowing into East Germany comes from taxes, paid by all. The money flowing from East Germany ended up in the pockets of "investors". Which is yet another example of why inequality is rising.