Comments on: Merkel’s Reform Agenda http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/merkels-reform-agenda/ European Opinion Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:25:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: eulogist http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/merkels-reform-agenda/#comment-10067 eulogist Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:31:14 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=1768#comment-10067 Note how she is already to Germany in the first person. Die Staat, das bin ich... ;-) Note how she is already to Germany in the first person. Die Staat, das bin ich… ;-)

]]> By: Edward http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/merkels-reform-agenda/#comment-10066 Edward Fri, 22 Jul 2005 04:33:24 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=1768#comment-10066 "So how much will raising VAT cut into that?" Probably it won't. What will happen is that if people only spend the same amount of money they will get less for it, so this might encourage them to save more, maybe they will value the saving more highly than the reduced quantity of goods :). “So how much will raising VAT cut into that?”

Probably it won’t. What will happen is that if people only spend the same amount of money they will get less for it, so this might encourage them to save more, maybe they will value the saving more highly than the reduced quantity of goods :).

]]> By: Oliver http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/the-european-union/merkels-reform-agenda/#comment-10065 Oliver Fri, 22 Jul 2005 04:22:44 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=1768#comment-10065 Well, as I understand it, the problem isn't too little money in consumers' hands but too much saving.So how much will raising VAT cut into that? Well, as I understand it, the problem isn’t too little money in consumers’ hands but too much saving.So how much will raising VAT cut into that?

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