March 15, 2005
A Few Germans Get It
German President Horst Koehler is concerned about Germany's spiraling unemployment rate. Blaming it on German and European regulations on businesses and Germany's socialist penchant for high taxes in order to "benefit" the proletariat, Koehler says, "Everything that serves to create and secure competitive jobs must be done Ñ everything that stands in the way must be avoided...Anything that serves other goals, as desirable as it may be, is secondary. I would like to see all who carry political responsibility take this basic position."
It's about time someone in Germany realized that horrendously high taxes don't equate to a booming economy. Because companies in Germany must pay out big bucks when someone is either fired or let go, they tend to hire as few people as possible. This means fewer jobs, more people on the dole, and therefore higher taxes from those who work need to be imposed to meet welfare payments. It's a vicious cycle.
On the bright side, Germany has instituted welfare reform. One of the new rules is that any woman under 55 who has been unemployed for over a year must take an available job registered with the government or face reduction in benefits. And, it turns out that working in a brothel is one of those jobs (prostitution is legal in Germany). A 25-year old waitress faces such cuts because she doesn't want to work in a whorehouse.
It's socialism at work, folks. For Germany's sake, let's hope Koehler's comments carry some weight.
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