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> >> > > >> >>> Compare how differently Germany and US treat similar situation. >
> >> >>> Twenty years ago West Germany swallowed all of East Germany. >
> >> >>> For the sake of the argument lets compare Berlin and Detroit. >
> >> >>> All of East Germany was bankrupt and the unemployment =A0was simil= ar to
> >> >>> Detroit.
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> >> >>> All of united Germany has been struggling for 20 years because of > >> >>> this
> >> >>> unification but it has been steadily building up and the criminali= ty
> >> >>> never became an issue.
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> >> >>> Compared to Detroit there has hardly been any problem at all. >
> >> >>> Both Berlin and of course all of East Germany was a much bigger is= sue
> >> >>> than Detroit and GM but how things are treated is completely > >> >>> different.
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> >> >> Because the people of East Germany learned the hard way to cherish
> >> >> freedom. =A0The politics and culture in Detroit have been totally e= aten
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> >> >> with far left victim/entitlement mentality, which, while certainly = the
> >> >> decline in the auto industry was more than a small factor, was also= a
> >> >> huge factor in their economic demise.
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> >> >> --
> >> >> Bill Putney
> >> >> (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
> >> >> address with the letter 'x')
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> >> > What I think is a general difference is that the government in Germa= ny
> >> > is doing something about the situation.
> >> > The people of old east Germany still do not do very much and the lev= el
> >> > of unemployment is high there.
> >> > The government in Germany has made sure that the schools are good an= d
> >> > unemployment benefits are good so the next generation is not under t= he
> >> > same illusions as the older generation growing up under communism th= at
> >> > you do not need to do anything.
> >> > They are allowed to grow old and stay in relative good living. >
> >> > In Detroit the first things to happen is that schools are burnt down
> >> > and destoyed and lawlessness is rampant.
> >> > The problems keep increasing.
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> >> > Uneducated people are always a problem and dangerous if they do not
> >> > get an option to do something and can not improve their situation. >
> >> > So east germany is improving while detroit is getting worse and that
> >> > is clearly the difference in policies by the government.
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> >> > Both started out the same with a governing body that took care of
> >> > everything and then they were abandoned.
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> >> It can take at least a generation to fix Detroit and east Germany soci= al
> >> issues. =A0But it does start with a good edication.
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> >> Germany is also in financial trouble. =A0Don't kid yourself.
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> >> Politicians don't provide anything, the tax payers do.
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> > It sure was a heavy burden to take over the ruins after the communism
> > and stupid management.
> > Interestingly enough the same can be said of the failed communism and
> > stupidity of both East Germany and GM.
> > The difference is how the failure is treated.
> > For 20 years Germany is bringing up a new generation of people and is
> > getting back on its feed.
> > In Detroit the schools are closed and what is growing up is an area
> > know mostly for burnt down house, derelict ruins and drugrelated
> > generations of uneducated slums.
> > The communists left a less bad legacy than GM.
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> now that's a stretch GM brought down detroit , and the communists are bet= ter
> than GM. you either live in the wrong
> country or your world is awful dim.
GM brought in a lot of people to Detroit. The people did not get any skills in anything but a specialized task related to making cars like robots. Then GM moved away and the people were left with no education, no schools, no future.