| This is something I was well aware of. The residents of the former West Germany have been picking up the tab for rebuilding the former East Germany. A long painful process that those who worked hard for what they have understandably feel used in having to shoulder the expense for. It's made more difficult by many East Germans thinking things were better under communism when the state handled everything for them. It's not a fast process and it will be quite awhile yet before it stabilizes. Something Americans can compare it to is the Reconstruction period after the Civil War. That took 30 years to accomplish.
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"Do not forget your dogs of war, your big guns, which are the most-to-be respected arguments of the rights of kings."
- Frederick the Great, King of Prussia  |