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Originally Posted by behindthen0thing
omg yes.
They are obsessed with rules.
Yeah I went to vacuum my car at a gas station with a vac and they refused to give me change to use the machine because they said it was illegal to use on sunday.
It's also illegal to throw glass bottles away on sunday because it makes noise.
It's illegal to make noise in general after 8 or 9 pm ish i think.
They are taxed to death as well. 19% sales tax, with another 40-50% income tax. They pay taxes on their TV's and Radios.
They pay tax on their refrigerators, they pay tax on how much rain water their roof blocks from hitting the ground.
I downloaded a couple of movies online and I was sent an 800 euro bill for each one from a law firm. Very very oppressed society here.
Place isn't as great as people think it is. in my opinion.
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I agree. I was only there for two weeks visiting my daughter, but I was SO surprised at how different everything was. I thought that being another wealthy western country it would be much like the US. Boy was I wrong.
My daughter lived in Germany for two separate years, and is heading back there with her husband for both to attend graduate school. They will be in Munich. The university is free.
It is very different than US!