Current Events > Germany's new center-left health minister is a MD and has lectured at Harvard

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/karl-lauterbach/

Bless
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Thoughts on your new Government?

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More positive than negative

My main concern is over the FDP (free market liberals, close to big business) and the damage they could do with the portfolios they've been given: finance (tax cuts when we need more spending in the wake of a virus!), education & research (they want to gut the student stipend system) and justice (more businesses get away with shady shit).
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How does it feel to live in a country that actually helps its people? I mean normal people, not billionaires.

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sondast posted...

How does it feel to live in a country that actually helps its people? I mean normal people, not billionaires.

pretty fucking great, in all honesty

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Im keeping my fingers crossed the Libs dont mess up too much

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BalanceLost posted...

Im keeping my fingers crossed the Libs dont mess up too much

Thanks!

Here's an in-depth article on the goals of the new government:

https://fortune.com/2021/12/06/germany-new-government-coalition-challenges-post-merkel-world-europe-us-foreign-policy-economy/amp/

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teep_ posted...

education & research (they want to gut the student stipend system)

source?

teep_ posted...

justice (more businesses get away with shady shit)

idk if what you're saying here is based on some real thing i don't know about but it sounds very silly
justice is the one ministry i really wanted the FDP to get since they're the only ones in this coalition who refuse to destroy the internet
NetzDG came from an SPD justice minister

i'm surprised you don't mention the transport ministry which i actually am most critical of (in terms of being given to the FDP i mean)
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it's not like Lauterbach is all too different from Fauci. It just doesn't matter how good the Health Minister is when the people are a bunch of morons.

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