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| Europe |
| Germany to mend ties with US |
| 2005-11-12 |
| Much domestic stuff deleted. Chancellor-designate Angela Merkel pledged Saturday that her new government would work to reverse Germany's troubled economy and not shrink from "doing what we consider right," amid criticism of plans to raise taxes. Abroad, part of Merkel's agenda will be to mend ties with the United States, damaged by outgoing Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's stark opposition to the war in Iraq. Which party gets the Foreign Minster? That might make it difficult. The conservatives fulfilled the Social Democrats' demand for a higher income tax for top earners. That will mean a new top tax rate of 45 percent, compared with the current 42 percent. Oh, that's going to help... Ask the Bush '92 campaign. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #1 Taxing your way to prosperity - yup, that'll work. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-11-12 22:28 |