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Copy of my reply to his question: As a German, and a worker in the tech industry, Schäuble has proven only one thing in the past, that he is an ignorant and st

Copy of my reply to his question: As a German, and a worker in the tech industry, Schäuble has proven only one thing in the past, that he is an ignorant and stubborn man, who completely lacks a broader view of the consequences of the things he tries to put in motion, but insists of pushing horrible things that he thinks help germany. (Previously: Trying to allow German army activities within the borders of Germany, trying to implement and make legal a government-sponsored trojan that he claimed would be able to infiltrate every computer.) As far as i am concerned he is only continuing his plan of trying to put Germany over everything, regardless what kind of damage he does or even of whether he even does any good in the process. -- I don't know if Yanis will be able to effect any positive change anymore at this point, but if even a few people learn that this is a horribly nationalist plan by a horribly nationalist man, then i praise his efforts. Edit: Just to make it clear how horrible Schäuble as a human is: - committed tax fraud on 100_000 DM by a gun trader - tried to make it legal for the german army to operate in german borders in case terrorists try to attack ports with ships as bombs - tried to make it legal for the german army to shoot down passenger planes in case of terrorists - tried to make legal a government trojan that would breach all privacy rights, but is also impossible Now he's minister of finance and seems to be successfully throwing a country out of the EU.

StavrosK 11y ago
Thanks for that perspective, I was wondering if, as a Greek, I'm being biased against him when he seems very myopic to me.
DasIch 11y ago
Not just any army activities by the way. Schäuble pushed for shooting down civilian airplanes in case of a 9/11 scenario, something that is in clear violation of the first amendment of Germany's constitution. Let's not forget his previous financial dealings either, being involved in illegal donations for the CDU and not willing to testify. Schäuble is an incompetent despicable human being by any reasonable measure.
- Mithaldu 11y ago
  Goddamn, i had completely forgotten about his involvement in the tax fraud issue. Let me update my post a bit.
- Tomte 11y ago
  There are no amendments in the constitution.
wozniacki 11y ago
Setting aside the rhetoric of Schäuble and his supporters, is there any defensible argument for the capacity of this (or future) Greek administrations to enforce fiscal discipline on its peoples. There is nothing to suggest even affluent Greeks want to pay their share of the tax burden. From a Der Spiegel article, five years ago: His staff have become very creative when it comes to tracking down tax offenders: They use police helicopters to fly over Athens' affluent suburbs and make films of homes owned by doctors, lawyers and businesspeople. They use satellite pictures by Google Earth to locate country villas, swimming pools and properties. And these tactics have revealed that the suburbs didn't have 324 swimming pools, as was reported, but rather 16,974. Tax fraud investigators spent a number of weeks on nightclub parking lots in Athens and noted down the registration numbers of luxury sedans. Their investigation revealed that approximately 6,000 car owners have vehicles worth €100,000, but only reported to the tax authorities that they have an annual income of €10,000. [1] Finding Swimming Pools with Google Earth: Greek Government Hauls in Billions in Back Taxes http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/finding-swimming-pools-with-google-earth-greek-government-hauls-in-billions-in-back-taxes-a-709703.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/finding-swimming-...

StavrosK 11y ago

Thanks for that perspective, I was wondering if, as a Greek, I'm being biased against him when he seems very myopic to me.

DasIch 11y ago

Not just any army activities by the way. Schäuble pushed for shooting down civilian airplanes in case of a 9/11 scenario, something that is in clear violation of the first amendment of Germany's constitution. Let's not forget his previous financial dealings either, being involved in illegal donations for the CDU and not willing to testify. Schäuble is an incompetent despicable human being by any reasonable measure.

Mithaldu 11y ago
Goddamn, i had completely forgotten about his involvement in the tax fraud issue. Let me update my post a bit.
Tomte 11y ago
There are no amendments in the constitution.

wozniacki 11y ago

Setting aside the rhetoric of Schäuble and his supporters, is there any defensible argument for the capacity of this (or future) Greek administrations to enforce fiscal discipline on its peoples. There is nothing to suggest even affluent Greeks want to pay their share of the tax burden. From a Der Spiegel article, five years ago: His staff have become very creative when it comes to tracking down tax offenders: They use police helicopters to fly over Athens' affluent suburbs and make films of homes owned by doctors, lawyers and businesspeople. They use satellite pictures by Google Earth to locate country villas, swimming pools and properties. And these tactics have revealed that the suburbs didn't have 324 swimming pools, as was reported, but rather 16,974. Tax fraud investigators spent a number of weeks on nightclub parking lots in Athens and noted down the registration numbers of luxury sedans. Their investigation revealed that approximately 6,000 car owners have vehicles worth €100,000, but only reported to the tax authorities that they have an annual income of €10,000. [1] Finding Swimming Pools with Google Earth: Greek Government Hauls in Billions in Back Taxes http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/finding-swimming-pools-with-google-earth-greek-government-hauls-in-billions-in-back-taxes-a-709703.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/finding-swimming-...