Deutschland

John K. Taber jktaber at onramp.net
Mon Sep 28 04:04:50 PDT 1998


Johannes Schneider wrote:

[snip]


> I wouldnt trust the Greens at all. On social issues (taxes, pensions, social
> insurance) they are to the right of the SPD, because union influence is much
> stronger on the SPD. The electorate of the Greens is the well-to-do liberal
> middle class, even the 'lefts' within the Greens like Trittin have to take
> this into account.

Thanks for the warning on the Greens. I didn't realize that, though I guess I should have.

An elitist group, eh?

-- I've been able to string more words into fewer ideas than anybody I know, and I'm continuing to do that.

- Alan Greenspan to the Senate Budget Committee, Sept 23, 1998



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