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Should we follow the Germans? Germany's unemployment rate at record low in December

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  • #2
    Saila
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    *goosesteps*


  • #3
    Pete M.
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    Gott ist tot :cool:


  • #4
    listermint
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    yay someone understands the difference between our economies...





    erm.... not. :rolleyes:


  • #5
    KINGVictor
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    alex73 wrote: »
    They must be doing something right.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16390429

    The secret is that the Germans generally have a systemic approach of frugality and live within their means. There is a disciplined approach towards spending - at governmental,firm and household levels.

    It will be very difficult to follow the Germans as you say without a fundamental change or revision of how the economy is been run.


  • #6
    later12
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    Pete M. wrote: »
    Gott ist tot :cool:
    Nietzsche ist tot
    :cool:


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  • #7
    The Uninvited Guest
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    Achtung Baby :(


  • #8
    Badgermonkey
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    Next summer, we'll also invade Poland.

    So, eh, sure.


  • #9
    Cicero
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    Let's all get a clock that displays Berlin time so....


  • #10
    Senna
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    Yeah sure why now, lets cut the unemployment rate to 0.00001%. Why didn't we think of this before?


  • #11
    Dotrel
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    Eins Zwei Polizei


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  • #12
    Crann na Beatha
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #13
    Dotrel
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    Badgermonkey wrote: »
    Next summer, we'll also invade Poland.

    So, eh, sure.

    And after that the oilfields er football grounds of Ukraine.


  • #14
    ShamoBuc
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    No thanks.


  • #15
    Run_to_da_hills
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    They also had the lowest European unemployment rate between 1939 and 1945.

    History may only be repeating itself. :p


  • #16
    Jake Rugby Walrus666
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    Alex if Germany jumped in the liffey would you jump in after them?


  • #17
    minidazzler
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    Of course we should, we as a people are incapable of electing the right people to government positions, we should really just give up the autonomy and have the Germans take over, they're not complete idiots...that or Michael O Leary.


  • #18
    Chuck Stone
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    Economy: The German economy - the fifth largest economy in the world in PPP terms and Europe's largest - is a leading exporter of machinery, vehicles, chemicals, and household equipment and benefits from a highly skilled labor force.

    Industries: Among the world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages, shipbuilding, textiles

    Geography: Strategic location on North European Plain and along the entrance to the Baltic Sea

    Natural resources: Coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land.

    Source

    Ireland =/= Germany.


  • #19
    Phill Ewinn
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    Uh huh. We elect the wrong people. We'll continue to do so. We also have no judicial system.

    Can't think of what Merkel would have done with the staff of Anglo, the regulator, or the staff of the central bank during 2008.


  • #20
    Nodin
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    Jake Rugby Walrus666 wrote: »
    Alex if Germany jumped in the liffey would you jump in after them?


    No.



    They'd be up far too early.


  • #21
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Veles wrote: »
    Grass is always greener so they say..have any of ye spent any meaningful time there?

    No. Give of your wisdom.


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  • #22
    Biggins
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    Phill Ewinn wrote: »
    ...Can't think of what Merkel would have done with the staff of Anglo, the regulator, or the staff of the central bank during 2008.

    Dunno either but it might have been a gas to see!


  • #23
    UglyBolloxFace
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    Dotrel wrote: »
    Eins Zwei Polizei

    Drei Vier Grenadier
    Funf Sechs Alte Hex
    Sieben Acht Gute Nacht.............

    Ja Ja Ja Was ist los? Was ist das?


  • #24
    K-9
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    The average German has put with austerity budgets since reunification.

    Food for thought for the Shinners amongst us. Economies of scale me arse!

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #25
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Badgermonkey wrote: »
    Next summer, we'll also invade Poland.

    So, eh, sure.

    There should be a tanks button for this.


  • #26
    grizzly
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    Veles wrote: »
    Grass is always greener so they say..have any of ye spent any meaningful time there?

    How long is meaningful, oh Seer of the east?


  • #27
    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,915 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    Sure they might be good with their money but they prob never get a round in - no thanks!


  • #28
    Dotrel
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    ejmaztec wrote: »
    There should be a tanks button for this.

    Looks to me like you're just panzering to popular opinion.


  • #29
    Chuck Stone
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    grizzly wrote: »
    How long is meaningful, oh Seer of the east?

    The exact length of time he spent there drinking in the Irish bar with his Irish friends. :pac:


  • #30
    John Doe1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    Last time i followed a german, i ended up in jail, apparently stalking is a crime now:rolleyes:


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  • #31
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,369 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Dotrel wrote: »
    Looks to me like you're just panzering to popular opinion.

    Steady on there Tiger.


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