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Re:More German than many Germans by pjmlp on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @06:08AM (#49166456)
As southern European that has lived a couple of years in Switzerland and eventually moved into Germany, I always mention that from flexibility and rules point of view, being in Germany versus Switzerland, feels so much better in Germany.

Sorry for the stereotypes, it was just how it felt dealing with everything, which is how everything gets to be so organised in first place, and the difference on similar matters in Germany, still I go back into Switzerland with some regularity.

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Re:More German than many Germans by ivell on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @03:44PM (#49173982)
Swiss voted against tax reduction in the past. I do not know of that many countries, where people would have done that. So the way they think is a bit different.

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/poison-withholding-tax...

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Re:More German than many Germans by 1718627440 on Saturday August 08, 2026 @08:33AM (#49221243)
If you have a high ROI it's a bad idea to stop putting money in. Logically all people should be for high taxes, but they are not, because they don't believe that their taxes fund things they profit from and that it's easier to put less money in, then to fix that.
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