Re:Germany set to eclipse Japan as No. 3 economy in 2023, IM...
by toyg on Thursday October 26, 2023 @05:49PM
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> pissing away hundreds of millions of taxpayer Euros in the process to politically connected consultancy firms only to end up with a worse result
That also happens in the UK, don't worry - except in British Pounds.
> Bureaucracy in Britain is massively simpler than in Germany
It is. The counterpoint is that fraud is rampant and cronyism is the order of the day. A lot of stuff that in DE/FR/IT would be pursued by law enforcement as corruption is just part and parcel of public life here in UK.
That also happens in the UK, don't worry - except in British Pounds.
> Bureaucracy in Britain is massively simpler than in Germany
It is. The counterpoint is that fraud is rampant and cronyism is the order of the day. A lot of stuff that in DE/FR/IT would be pursued by law enforcement as corruption is just part and parcel of public life here in UK.