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truthdig.com - 10/26/2009

Rich Germans Want More Taxes

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While America’s super rich are coping with bailouts and bonus envy, a group of well-to-do Germans, led by a brewery heir, has delivered a petition demanding a 5 percent wealth tax —on them. Imagine if Pete Cours demanded that the government spend more of his money on ...

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news.bbc.co.uk - 10/23/2009

Rich Germans demand higher taxes

— news.bbc.co.uk — A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people... pay higher taxes. The group say they have more money than they need, and the extra revenue could fund economic and social programmes to aid Germany's ... (more) Rich Germans demand higher taxes

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commentarymagazine.com - 25 days ago

Frank Rich’s Paranoid Style

— commentarymagazine.com — Here’s a stunning development: the New York Times’s theater-critic-turned-political-columnist Frank Rich is foot-stompin’ mad. The cause for... Mr. Rich’s latest outburst is the race in New York’s 23rd District, in which the liberal Republican Dede ... (more) Frank Rich’s Paranoid Style

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pajamasmedia.com - 10/24/2009

Racism or Sociology? A Bundesbank Official Stirs Controversy in Germany

— pajamasmedia.com — A published interview on Turkish and Arab immigrants to Germany containing troubling remarks on race ignites a... backlash. (more) Racism or Sociology? A Bundesbank Official Stirs ...

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The Hollywood Liberal — ... bereft of benevolent richies. Dieter Lehmkuhl would get a run for his money from the likes of George Soros and Warren Buffet, the billionaire who has famously said he doesn’t pay enough taxes. —PZS BBC: The group say they have more money than they need, and the extra revenue could fund economic and social programmes to aid Germany’s economic recovery. Germany could raise 100bn euros (£91bn) if the richest people paid a 5% wealth tax for two years, they say. Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries [image] [image] [image] This entry was ...