What Do You Think of your Government?

**Franconicus** · 03-22-2006, 12:52

Originally Posted by evil_maniac from mars

*Sigh*

As the thread starter, I suppose I have to post mine.

Germany: OK. I quite like Angie. She's doing very well in my opinion. Hopefully she increases the military budget (Germany is below average for NATO members) and creates more jobs. (A cousin of mine had to move to Africa to find work. He couldn't get any in Germany. He has a good education though, so he did get a good job.)

I do not like the new government. Well, in fact I believe that we did not have a good one since the 70ies. Oh Helmut, were are you

The new one is just a joke. She made a good performance on the international stage. That's it. She raised the tax (as promised) but the payment for retirements will not decrease (not as promised). There will be no big tax reform. The badget will not be balanced. Instead she gives money to increase economy; foolish, every cancler tried it and it never worked. She has no clue how to fight unemployment or solve the problems with the health system.

Why increasing budget for defense? I see no threat (besides the US).

I am very proud that my country is still strong although we do not have good politicians (or industry leaders or union leaders ...)

**Lazul** · 03-22-2006, 15:50

Sweden: Im happy about our current society... BUT, there are a few things that keeps pissing me of.
First of all the enourmus beurocracy and all the shady deals the politicans and other powerfull people get.... even when they are fired. They are thiefs most of them, stealing money form the people!
Second, our military, I cant care less for the size, but the recent training together with russians pisses me of, no offence russians here on the board, but I dont trust your gov.
... And the second thing about our military, military contracts with Saudi Arabia... one of the "shitholes" of the world in my eyes. What ever we, as a free and democratic country have to do with a country like that... I fail to see. *spits*

... and for the current political climate... im just sick of Political Correctnes and politicians being pansies and dare to say what they really think!

... I think I'll vote for the "pirate party". Actually we have one called that.

**IliaDN** · 03-22-2006, 15:53

Well... if I exclude all rude wirds? than - nothing...

**R'as al Ghul** · 03-22-2006, 16:25

Germany: not satisfied

The last elections were about the topic of reducing unemployment.
The two major parties debated for months whos concept is the best.
Now they've formed a coalition and the topic has magically disappeared.
Unemployment rates are still rising or stalling.

The way Germany dealt with the reunification was amateurish at best.
Ex-Chancellor Dr. Kohl painted us a picture of green pastures but kept quiet about the financial problems our eastern neighbours had. If we had used a bit of common sense and economical expertise instead of "utopian rhetoric" we could be in a better situation nowadays.

The integration of immigrants has completely failed. When the first Italians came in the 50's to help build the Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, a lot of Germans thought they would go back to Italy once they were 65. Surprise, Surprise, after 30 or more years they like it here. So do the Turks. There's nothing wrong with it of course, but we didn't do anything for our guests to feel at home. They don't speak our language and they don't follow the laws. "Paralell society" was the word of the year 2005, I think.

Nowadays we complain about the fact that less and less women give birth, tax income isn't as high as it should be (because of all the holes in the law), we have almost more black market laboures than legal workers and we have created a hybrid monster of a legal framework and substitutions that nobody is capable of understanding anymore.
All of these problems we could have done something against if we hadn't slept and set on our arses for the last 30-40 years.

/rant off

EDIT: We're the best nation when it comes to complaining. Beat us to it and see how we complain.

**BDC** · 03-22-2006, 18:35

Well we now pay far too much in tax, but this current government has been in too long. Hopefully after the next election things will improve a bit. That's assuming Brown doesn't win. If he does things could soon start sucking lots. High taxes and a complete mystery over where all the money actually goes (look at how broke the NHS is...).

**InsaneApache** · 03-22-2006, 18:45

Mystery? there's no mystery. The money is funnelled into a vast bureaucratic morass where it disappears for ever. If we should have learnt anything from the '80s it would be that just throwing 'our' money at a problem will not solve it.

Still for a political party that likes to think that taxpayers money is actually theirs who could be surprised.

**BDC** · 03-22-2006, 18:55

The money is funnelled into a vast bureaucratic morass where it disappears for ever.

Ah yes, that's it. It all goes into training up northerners to do the jobs that were being done really efficiently until all the workers in London were fired. And employing pointless extra clerks in the NHS, who aren't medically trained, so end up actually making the paper work worse.