Re:The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future
by FrojoS on Monday March 09, 2026 @06:38PM
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The main culprit as usual? They have been financing the whole gaga show for years.
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Re:The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future
by OKRainbowKid on Monday March 09, 2026 @07:07PM
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What gaga show? Bavarian industry is being subsidized via cheap electricity from the north, who in turn is paying higher prices than they would otherwise.
Re:The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future
by FrojoS on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @04:13AM
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Bavaria has been subsidizing the north for decades and yet you think you can betitle us?
This is not just about electricity. We are talking about billions of EUR in transfers. The money is flowing one direction only. So called “solidarity” is a hard ask given this arrogance.
Re:The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future
by bucephalos on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @06:47AM
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Dont listen to Söder, he ate too many sausages which makes him spout nonsense constantly.
Re:The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future
by FrojoS on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @06:52AM
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Söder merely repeated what Bavarians have been thinking and saying since when he still hadn't left Franken.
I realise my post was unnecessary inflammatory and I'm sorry for that. Enough Internet for today.
Re:The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future
by rob74 on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @08:26AM
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The money is flowing in one direction only now, but what the "Stammtisch" likes to forget is that Bavaria has benefited from transfers until as recently as 1992, and from 1950 to 1986 (36 years!) the money also flowed in only one direction - but the opposite one, from other states to Bavaria. (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4nderfinanzausgleich#Fin...)
Re:The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future
by OKRainbowKid on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @03:34AM
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You are accusing me of belittling "you", after you wrote "gaga show".
That's ironic. And no, money is not flowing in one direction only. As I already wrote, Bavarian industry is effectively massively subsidized by the north investing massively in renewable energy production and overpaying for their own energy because demand is driven by the south (who is fighting tooth and nails against building their own wind turbines for ideological reasons).
Greetings from Hessen (another Geberland, just like Bavarian, but without the Bavarian exceptionalism, which most of Germany just sees as arrogance)!