It's Bundeswehrbeschaffungsbeschleunigungsgesetz, Baby !!!

[Killjoy]

Hopefully they can do it quicker than it takes to say it !

Kammerad Kanzler Mertz has been talking big about Team Germania getting back in the game. Seems like the matter of where they're going to get the spendolas to do so is more of a hindrance than bureaucracy, though. Mayhap the recent declarations of international cooperation percolating around Fortress Europe will offer a solution. Recent news appears to suggest that everybody involved is on the verge of bankruptcy, though, so who knows...


Germany passes ‘Bundeswehrbeschaffungsbeschleunigungsgesetz’ law to streamline army

Germany has passed a law titled the “Bundeswehrbeschaffungsbeschleunigungsgesetz” to speed up the process of buying helicopters, tanks and frigates for its army.

In a country notorious for cumbersome bureaucracy, weapons procurement is being streamlined as part of a rearmament plan by Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor...

Passed on Wednesday, ministers hope the Bundeswehrbeschaffungsbeschleunigungsgesetz [federal armed forces procurement efficiency law] will simplify the process of buying weapons and equipment.



It will enable major defence firms to secure contracts faster and improve access for start-up businesses, particularly in new areas of defence, such as the drone sector.

Mr Merz has vowed “Germany is back” and has already passed historic reforms to unlock potentially unlimited public spending on new German defence projects.

The centre-Right Christian Democrats leader has committed to Nato’s target of spending 5 per cent of GDP on defence, and is also considering a return to conscription, which was scrapped by Germany in 2011 because it was believed to be no longer necessary.

 

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Unfortunately, it may not boost Germany's sagging economy that much. They need an actual war going on, rather than cranking out military equipment that rests idle afterward. But getting men killed in battle would just make the country's demographic crisis worse. Where is that one trail that actually leads out of the wilderness? The Shadow economy knows.

• Will Germany's military spending bring economic growth?
  https://www.dw.com/en/will-german-military-spending-spree-bring-economic-growth/a-73125966
  
  EXCERPTS: "The increase in government military spending will give the German economy a boost, but the economic stimulus will be rather moderate," wrote Tom Krebs, an economics professor at the University of Mannheim, in a statement for the Bundestag's budget committee.
  
  [...] The explanation for this is simple. After a tank is built, it is either parked somewhere or, in the worst case, destroyed in battle. A tank, in other words, does not create any additional economic value. Defense spending is, however, like taking out insurance. You make the payments so that you have protection in case of an emergency. If you don't need the insurance, the money is simply gone...
  
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  Shadow economy booms while Germany's economy falters
  https://www.dw.com/en/german-shadow-economy-booms-amid-high-taxes-and-state-aid/a-73356796
  
  EXCERPT: But what's driving the increase in undeclared work in Germany, which is Europe's biggest economy?
  
  First of all, Schneider sees a growing perception in the population at large of paying too much in taxes and contributions to the social security system, while receiving poor public services in return.
  
  "In Germany, people increasingly notice that trains are unreliable, highways are full of crumbling bridges needing repair, leading to traffic jams and delays. When citizens feel they're getting poor public services in return for high taxes, their willingness to pay — their tax morale — goes down."
  
  So it's no surprise to him that many people resort to undeclared work, representing a kind "tax rebellion of the common man."

 

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Unfortunately, it may not boost Germany's sagging economy that much. They need an actual war going on, rather than cranking out military equipment that rests idle afterward. But getting men killed in battle would just make the country's demographic crisis worse. Where is that one trail that actually leads out of the wilderness? The Shadow economy knows.

• Will Germany's military spending bring economic growth?
  https://www.dw.com/en/will-german-military-spending-spree-bring-economic-growth/a-73125966
  
  EXCERPTS: "The increase in government military spending will give the German economy a boost, but the economic stimulus will be rather moderate," wrote Tom Krebs, an economics professor at the University of Mannheim, in a statement for the Bundestag's budget committee.
  
  [...] The explanation for this is simple. After a tank is built, it is either parked somewhere or, in the worst case, destroyed in battle. A tank, in other words, does not create any additional economic value. Defense spending is, however, like taking out insurance. You make the payments so that you have protection in case of an emergency. If you don't need the insurance, the money is simply gone...
  
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  Shadow economy booms while Germany's economy falters
  https://www.dw.com/en/german-shadow-economy-booms-amid-high-taxes-and-state-aid/a-73356796
  
  EXCERPT: But what's driving the increase in undeclared work in Germany, which is Europe's biggest economy?
  
  First of all, Schneider sees a growing perception in the population at large of paying too much in taxes and contributions to the social security system, while receiving poor public services in return.
  
  "In Germany, people increasingly notice that trains are unreliable, highways are full of crumbling bridges needing repair, leading to traffic jams and delays. When citizens feel they're getting poor public services in return for high taxes, their willingness to pay — their tax morale — goes down."
  
  So it's no surprise to him that many people resort to undeclared work, representing a kind "tax rebellion of the common man."

I do appreciate the clarity and simplicity with which these Germans express themselves. It's a breath of fresh air.

I like the idea of "tax morale". It shows a far more nuanced and intelligent attitude to taxation than one sees in sections of society in the UK and, a fortiori, in the USA, where the infantile notion seems to have taken hold that tax is somehow theft of one's property by the state and to be resisted at every turn.

 

[Killjoy]

Unfortunately, it may not boost Germany's sagging economy that much. They need an actual war going on, rather than cranking out military equipment that rests idle afterward. But getting men killed in battle would just make the country's demographic crisis worse. Where is that one trail that actually leads out of the wilderness? The Shadow economy knows.

I've been pondering since the hullabaloo began over the "looming threat of Russian invasion of Europe" whether the perceived need to re-arm in response was motivated by the notion that a rejuvenated defense industry might somehow improve the German economy. It appeared a dicey proposition even sans in depth analysis, but it seems like Deutschland doesn't have many other answers to their troubles. One wonders whether or not Fortress Europe will have to bid welcome to the wonderful world of deficit spending for a lot longer than they seem comfortable with in order to make any headway.
Maybe Team Germania could convince Poland to buy some of their spiffy new panzers instead of those Korean cans they've stocked up on recently. It'd be weirdly ironic to see Polish Panthers.

I do appreciate the clarity and simplicity with which these Germans express themselves. It's a breath of fresh air.

I like the idea of "tax morale". It shows a far more nuanced and intelligent attitude to taxation than one sees in sections of society in the UK and, a fortiori, in the USA, where the infantile notion seems to have taken hold that tax is somehow theft of one's property by the state and to be resisted at every turn.

I think that American attitude toward taxation is prompted at least in part by the same sense that the article said Germans are experiencing. People feel as though their money is disappearing into a "government black hole" whilst infrastructure crumbles, and services deteriorate or disappear. To be sure there's a segment of right-wingers who think they should pay about enough for there to be a US military & not much else - apparently envisioning private enterprise/industry as willing & able to perform the various functions of gov't. better & cheaper. I don't know whether these folks have some demented notion that the USA is still an agrarian nation with a bit of "cottage industry" cranking away, or what.