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Re:Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords by MichaelZuo on Saturday September 18, 2021 @07:46PM (#28580388)
It’s always easier to spend other people’s money. Is there a competent central auditing department that watches out for this?
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Re:Berlin buys thousands of apartments from corporate landlords by corty on Sunday September 19, 2021 @05:46AM (#28582997)
There are, but they can only audit and report. Change and punishment would need to happen politically, but that would need a majority of states. Two thirds of the states profit from Laenderfinanzausgleich (to various degrees) and will not change anything.
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