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Skybird · 10-03-10, 05:01 AM

Every coin has two sides.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-1...data-show.html

Social parasites, rich parasites - both suck other people'S blood.

Five years ago, I bought the flat I now live in, because I like to be here. Back then, in Germany there was a financial aid that gave you back 1^0% of property value that you bought, over 8 years (it was called Eigenheimzulage). The law was about to end at the time I bought the appartement, but I had the option to sign in for it, since the deal took place some months before the law ended. I decided against using it, because at that time it all looked okay and as if I could afford to not take the money and run, and I did not wish to need to say Thanks to a state that I feel no love or loyalty for, and I wondered why I should expect the public to compensate me for parts of my personal financial deals.

Compared to some others, I certainly do not look clever to say No to catching some thousand bucks for free, and I am probably no clever businessman at all. However, I do not need to say thanks to anyone over my deal, except my parents who helped me a bit with financing it and payed a quarter of it, but family issues are not the issue here. My parents also were in doubt about taking that tax money and thus owing loyalty to the state.

But what really differs me from people like those described in the article, is my lack of shamelessness and greed. And that is a quality of mine for which I will never apologize. Those people are parasites, and jjust having the löegal possibility to ripp off the public and the taxpayer, doe snot mean that ethically it is okay, or that you have to do it just becasue you can do it. If I can say No, and refuse to taske taxmoney, than they can, too. But they don'T, and that is the difference between them and me.

There are not only social wellfare parasites. Many rich people and business people are parasites as well. Plus all those clever smartheads being of so creative in their tax declarations and finding any legal hole in the lawcode to hide. Especially big companies being a problem here.

We have too many expections from the laws, too many special cases being listed, too many ways of tricking out the system. The damage from that is calculated to go into the high billions per year, in Germany. I cannot imagine that it is any different in any Western country.

When you identify a hole in the laws, and a flw in the general design, this must not be understood as an invitation. You are always free to decide NOT to abuse it.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,632 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Every coin has two sides. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-1...data-show.html Social parasites, rich parasites - both suck other people'S blood. Five years ago, I bought the flat I now live in, because I like to be here. Back then, in Germany there was a financial aid that gave you back 1^0% of property value that you bought, over 8 years (it was called Eigenheimzulage). The law was about to end at the time I bought the appartement, but I had the option to sign in for it, since the deal took place some months before the law ended. I decided against using it, because at that time it all looked okay and as if I could afford to not take the money and run, and I did not wish to need to say Thanks to a state that I feel no love or loyalty for, and I wondered why I should expect the public to compensate me for parts of my personal financial deals. Compared to some others, I certainly do not look clever to say No to catching some thousand bucks for free, and I am probably no clever businessman at all. However, I do not need to say thanks to anyone over my deal, except my parents who helped me a bit with financing it and payed a quarter of it, but family issues are not the issue here. My parents also were in doubt about taking that tax money and thus owing loyalty to the state. But what really differs me from people like those described in the article, is my lack of shamelessness and greed. And that is a quality of mine for which I will never apologize. Those people are parasites, and jjust having the löegal possibility to ripp off the public and the taxpayer, doe snot mean that ethically it is okay, or that you have to do it just becasue you can do it. If I can say No, and refuse to taske taxmoney, than they can, too. But they don'T, and that is the difference between them and me. There are not only social wellfare parasites. Many rich people and business people are parasites as well. Plus all those clever smartheads being of so creative in their tax declarations and finding any legal hole in the lawcode to hide. Especially big companies being a problem here. We have too many expections from the laws, too many special cases being listed, too many ways of tricking out the system. The damage from that is calculated to go into the high billions per year, in Germany. I cannot imagine that it is any different in any Western country. When you identify a hole in the laws, and a flw in the general design, this must not be understood as an invitation. You are always free to decide NOT to abuse it. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.