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"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in news:Ph7_i.1755
: "Wolfgang Schwanke" wrote in message ... Jay Honeck wrote in ups.com: Or did you think that the money to build your nice welfare state simply grew on trees? It comes from our national economies. Which are based on...what? Well, building decent cars instead of Chevvies, for one thing. Bertie |
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"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in news:Ph7_i.1755
: "Wolfgang Schwanke" wrote in message ... Jay Honeck wrote in ups.com: Or did you think that the money to build your nice welfare state simply grew on trees? It comes from our national economies. Which are based on...what? Oh yes, and inforamtion and education. Bertie |
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Jay Honeck wrote in news:1194912061.223814.323630
@v2g2000hsf.googlegroups.com: Bollox. If it were true they'd have collapsed in 1990. Not having to spend money on self-defense is a wonderful thing, but don't count on it lasting for too many more "generations" You may not be aware of this, but the European countries do have their own military and they pay for it themselves. Did you also know that the costs of the American military in West Berlin (where I live) was payed by the West German government? Horse hockey. Take a look at the percentage of GDP that went into military spending from 1950 - 1999, United States versus Europe. The US carried Europe through the 20th century (when we weren't beating the crap out of you), all the way throught the Cold War, and we're now carrying you into this new, even more dangerous War on Terror. -- It's like a grand canyon of stupidity. Wow. Bertie |
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"John Godwin" wrote in message ... "Matt W. Barrow" wrote in : FYI, the US ceased being an "Occupier" in the early 1950's, long before you got there. FYI, you're wrong. I was awarded the Army Occupation Medal. Berlin was still an occupied city long after I served there. Quite...but Berlin was not "Germany" at the time. |
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"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in news:E3a_i.2779
: Quite...but Berlin was not "Germany" at the time. Neither you nor I said it was. I simply disagreed when you said occupation ended in the 1950s and I stated that occupation continued long after I left Berlin. The West German Government continued to fund sustaining allied troops in Berlin even after occupation of West Germany ceased. All four powers jointly coordinated air, rail, and autobahn routes from West Germany to West Berlin. In addition, each took turns guarding Spandau Prison (Rudolph Hess was the only prisoner when I was there). |
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Jay,
You'd be speaking Russian, but I guess that's a small price to pay, eh? What Bertie says. The amount of ignorance you display so loudly and proudly is stunning. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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Wolfgang;
Can you email me offline please. I tried to reply to your address but it was rejected. My email just needs FLY removed. John "Wolfgang Schwanke" wrote in message ... "news.verizon.net" wrote in news:yH5_i.4198$cD.2577@trndny08: Do you have any cite for this? http://www.bundesarchiv.de/foxpublic...ittelinfo.html This is a document detailing German regulations on those costs. Nothing I can find nor anything I've heard of before supports this. ( That West Germany paid for US Military ) My claim is only about Allied troops in West Berlin until 1994, and in West Germany until 1955. I don't know who paid for it after 1955. John "Wolfgang Schwanke" wrote in message ... Jay Honeck wrote in news:1194886120.503835.134330@ 57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com: They started building their welfare system in the late 19th/early 20th century. At that time they were still comparatively poor as their economies were mostly agricultural. They got rich after WW2, and used that money to massively expand their welfare systems. The expansion stopped with the recessions in the 1990s and 2000s, so did the tax rises. Their budgets are now at equilibrium, and the economy is going strong once again. The Western European welfare economies could only exist because they lived under the umbrella of America's protection from the Soviet Union. Bollox. If it were true they'd have collapsed in 1990. Not having to spend money on self-defense is a wonderful thing, but don't count on it lasting for too many more "generations" You may not be aware of this, but the European countries do have their own military and they pay for it themselves. Did you also know that the costs of the American military in West Berlin (where I live) was payed by the West German government? Regards -- AFN from USA, BFBS UK OK http://www.wschwanke.de/ usenet_20031215 (AT) wschwanke (DOT) de -- Mehrere Billionen Trillionen Tonnen superheißer explodierender Wasserstoff- Atomkerne stiegen langsam über den Horizont und brachten es fertig, klein kalt und ein wenig feucht auszusehen. |
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Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
I have no access to such statistics, could you please provide sources. Whatever the figures might be, they wouldn't refute any of what I said above. You do now. http://www.gao.gov/archive/1999/ns99185.pdf page 10 Also Wolfgang. I hear that the French transport union is about to strike. I guess that moment was short. |
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You'd be speaking Russian, but I guess that's a small price to pay,
eh? What Bertie says. The amount of ignorance you display so loudly and proudly is stunning. You know you're in good company when you're standing four-square with the group's Troll of Trolls, Thomas. Juxtaposition is everything -- great job! The 13 million American men and women who fought to save your sorry asses in World War II -- including my father -- must be rolling in their graves. What an incredible waste of time, lives, money, and effort. Another generation of American men and women who paid billions of their tax dollars to rebuild Europe after World War II, and then sacrificed their blood and treasure to fight the Cold War for another generation, must surely be thinking the same thing -- why did we bother? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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The West German government paid for ALL of the occupation costs in West
Berlin of the US, UK and France. Wrong. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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