To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 15:23:34 -0500
Subject: [WSFA] German deadbeats
From: ronkean at juno.com
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

On Sat, 06 Apr 2002 12:00:35 -0500 Samuel Lubell <lubell at cais.com>
writes:

> Germans want
> to prevent the spread of Nazism by cracking down on would-be Nazis
> as
> opposed to the US where we give unpopular groups like Nazis, freedom
> of
> speech and the ACLU is willing to defend their marches.
>

In many ways, Germany is more authoritarian than the U.S.  Germany
persecutes the Church of Scientology; the U.S. gives it tax exemption.
According to what I was told by one German, unpaid creditors may get a
lien on the personal possessions of a deadbeat.  The police come to the
deadbeat's house and slap orange stickers on his sofa, TV, etc.  The
stickers say the goods may not be moved or sold until the lien is
satisfied.

Ron Kean

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