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Heavy mortgage of corporate succession in the Mittelstand Berlin, December 2008 the inheritance tax reform in its present form is a heavy mortgage for the succession in the middle class. Without improvements at central points of the loss of thousands of jobs threatens,”warned the President of the Association of SMEs (BVMW), Mario Ohoven, in an interview with the news channel n-tv. The middle-class President pointed in particular to the incalculable consequences of the wage sum clause. The legislature almost forcing companies to reduce the wage bill, because they have business successions so chances of a tax-friendly. This means that the affected farms are possible, avoid new hires and to hold back wage increases”, so Ohoven. das. If only every second small – and medium-size enterprises in this way save a workspace, a million jobs are acutely endangered.

As completely unrealistic”, he criticized the rule that successor must commit themselves, the Operation respectively a decade virtually unchanged continuing seven, in order to be exempt from the inheritance tax fully or partially. No entrepreneur can now know what the market will look like for his industry in seven or ten years”, said Ohoven. He therefore expect that sooner or later the Constitutional Court again will deal with the inheritance tax. A message from the medienburo.Sohn. The medienburo.

Minarets ban or allow, the Swiss are so General as referred to a little droge, boring to the word to avoid it is hotly debated. But on one point, at least, they’re very much alive: referendums. Democracy lives in this small, but very important country. Currently is everywhere fierce debate over the “pros and cons” of minarets, the racketenartigen Muslim spires. Not always run the discussions objectively.

Also parties and people take advantage of the hour and some xenophobic sentiment, to distinguish themselves. After all, citizens can decide and discuss with. And the possibility is used abundantly. It’s different with us in Germany. It’s not very far with democracy. Every four years a mark.

That was it. The individual does not have more participation rights. Discussed and voted will be behind closed doors, in bodies within the parties. Especially political cadres and elites actively participate in the process. At best active party members have a certain right to discuss with. Whom wonder’s if the Germans show less and less interest in active politics. More and more citizens deny going to the ballot box, they see is only a pseudo participation. The word APATHY haunts not only today by our Republic. No wonder feel politically powerless citizens with us. We are just different as our Swiss neighbours, as our former before pointing politicians and ex-Foreign Minister JOSCHKA FISCHER in this regard so aptly said, “not able to overlook the significance of our possible choices”. Appropriately enough, everyone agrees a part one in this Canon so it probably won’t with us with political participation. Always good every four years make a mark. But more is not desirable. If there are perhaps personal interests are the popular vote in the way?