Ottilie25 wrote: 
Wilkommen!

Gruesse aus Bonn an die RP-Gemeinde

Maybe in the west, but in the east? 

 

One in seven Germans want Berlin Wall back?

BERLIN (Reuters) - One in seven Germans want the Berlin Wall back because they were better off when the country was divided, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday ahead of the 20th anniversary of its collapse on November 9, 1989.

The survey of 1,002 Germans by the Forsa institute published in Stern magazine said 15 percent of the country's 82 million long for the days when there were two Germanys. Some 16 percent pining for the Wall were westerners and 10 percent easterners.

The survey found that many westerners are bitter about higher taxes to pay for rebuilding the formerly communist east, where some 1.2 trillion euros ($1,762 billion) worth of state funds has been transferred in the last 20 years.

Eastern Germans are unhappy about income levels that are on average only 80 percent of western levels and that due to higher unemployment depopulation is decimating parts of the east, where the population has declined by about two million since 1990.

The poll found 55 percent of Germans believe unification could be helped if a "solidarity tax" to help fund the costs of rebuilding were abolished while 50 percent believe higher pensions for easterners would help ease east-west tensions.

prickelpit96 wrote:
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Odd to see this...we worked out our deal long ago. PP96 is a good guy.

prickelpit96 wrote:
I didn't exactly appreciate your comment to my journal recently, so I deleted it and left a message for you. Pardon me if I took it wrong but you left it in Deutsch and I translated it to be somewhat snarky. I won't respond well at all to such where my children are concerned.
If I am in error, feel free to PM me anytime.
OV
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This  situation stemmed from a total misunderstanding on my part.