Comments on: Germany Moves Right – by Jacob Laksin

By: Alex Kovnat

Alex Kovnat — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:45:16 +0000

Juergen: Do you support reversing the phase-out of nuclear power? It seems to me perverse, to claim the world is coming to an end from global warming caused by man-made carbon dioxide, and then oppose nuclear power and, like Germany, phase out existing nuclear power plants.

By: VN_Vet

VN_Vet — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:56:54 +0000

Besides some inconsistencies in this post, I also smell a rat.

By: VN_Vet

VN_Vet — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:49:18 +0000

One of the things we learned a few years back when the muslims were rioting and burning France and England was that the Mullahs were intructing muslims to live off the host country's welfare system. To work a job would be to help the infidel's economy.

By: CowboyUp

CowboyUp — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:19:30 +0000

Yea, they'll be chaining workers to their machines any day now. I'm a big boy, I can protect myself.

By: Juergen Petzoldt

Juergen Petzoldt — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:54:06 +0000

I am from Germany, a reader of FPM for quite a time. What Laksin writes about the German elections is complete nonsense, garbage. Not a word is true. What sort of a journalist is he? The Social Democrats performed the hardest cut in welfare that was ever performed in this country. Merkel wouldn't have dared to do it. She is an opportunist, has no values at all besides beeing chancellor. The Germans didn't vote the SPD to punish her for the welfare cuts, not because of love for the free market. Merkel gave all the money to the banks. The FDP is a small party, meaningless. She was voted to punish Merkel. The orthodox left and the greens gained a lot of votes. Man, the lies of the left have been hard to bear, but the lies of the right, as this article gives proof, are just the same. bubba 4 has got it right.

By: Walt

Walt — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:27:47 +0000

Actually, making it less daunting to terminate a worker who does not perform. would be one measure. European employers are very reluctant to hire people unless absolutely necessary, due to the difficulties inherent in getting rid of them if they do not work out. Germany has had chronically high unemployment since the 70's, due to such policies. Also, as the author's post noted, companies increasingly outsource their functions, due to Germany's rigid labor force.

By: truthout

truthout — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:51:20 +0000

By 'deregulate the labor market,' I assume you mean, 'destroy protections for workers'?

By: bubba4

bubba4 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:58:15 +0000

Major difference between here and Europe….
Europe's “right” would be drummed out of town as Communists by FPM. FPM and Laksin have no perspective on right/left.

By: USMCSniper

USMCSniper — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:30:14 +0000

Right on! Obama and the Leftists in his administration will not only ignore the German election, they will discredit Merkel should she distance herself from Obama's policies.

By: Carterthewriter

Carterthewriter — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:31:58 +0000

Isn.t it quite ironic that we have lagged behind so much the past 20 years that we have look to countries we helped bring democracy into their government.

We must now, ask them; “What are we doing wrong?”

By: Alex Kovnat

Alex Kovnat — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:45:05 +0000

I'm glad to hear Angela Merkel was reelected, but I wish Germany would renounce its phase-out of nuclear power.

By: IlGOPAssembly

IlGOPAssembly — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:34:34 +0000

Obama and the Leftists in his administration will ignore the German election. Cognitive dissonance. The facts don't fit in with his world view. The world wants freedom, not a nanny state. The Germans have come out of the financial crisis realizing this.