Before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall?

Question

What were the economic conditions of West Germany before and after the wall came down in 1991? What was the unemployment rate, the average wage, standard of living, and whatever other pertinent factors you can think of? Sources are a must! Thanks

Answer 1

To the world the fall of the Berlin wall was a great thing and it is because it united two Germany into one like is supposed to. In the other hand because of the extreme poverty, infra structure, the economy, education, etc. were no existing compare to the West German have being very costly to bring East Germany to the standards of the West. Because of these reasons Germany is having hard time trying to cope with it. But they are Germans and they are doing it. I'm sorry to say that something like this or worse is going to happen to the USA but with people from out side of the Nation, with illegal immigrants. The only ones that are going to survive this catastrophic invasion are the big interest of the USA and the world. The problem with this is that the regular citizens are blind to it but when they wake up and they will,, is going to be too late. All they have to do the American citizens that don't believe me, just go to Detroit, Cleveland or any city that the corporations have left and went some where else and see what happen to these cities, well, the same thing is going to happen but at a bigger scale to the USA. Wake up America it getting too late. This year you are going to see the Congress and President Bush give amnesty to 12 + millions illegals and still leave our borders open. Our border open for what, well you should already know ... Good luck.


Wherever you stand, please take the time to read this; it may scare the
heck out of you!

We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his
thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an immigration
overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled to capacity by many of
America's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor by the
name of Victor Davis Hansen talked about his latest book, "Mexifornia, "
explaining how immigration - both legal and illegal was destroying the
entire state of California. He said it would march across the country
until
it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream.

Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and
gave a
stunning speech on how to destroy America. The audience sat spellbound
as he
described eight methods for the destruction of the United States. He said,
"If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too
rich, then
let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has
survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great
civilizations rise and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show
that
all great nations commit suicide'"

"Here is how they do it," Lamm said: "First, to destroy America, turn
America into a bilingual or multilingual and bicultural country." History
shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of
two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an
individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be
bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: "The
histories of bilingual and bicultural societies that do not assimilate are
histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy." Canada, Belgium,
Malaysia, and
Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities
press for
autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria
suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques,
Bretons, and Corsicans."

Lamm went on: Second, to destroy America, "Invent 'multiculturalism' and
encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. Make it an article of
belief
that all cultures are equal. That there are no cultural differences.
Make it
an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due
solely
to prejudice and discrimination by the majority every other explanation is
out of bounds.

Third, "We could make the United States a 'Hispanic Quebec' without much
effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin
Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: "The apparent success
of our
own multiethnic and multi cultural experiment might have been achieved not
by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated
ethnocentricity and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only
tolerance and pluralism to hold us together."
Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own
language and
culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl
metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural
subgroups
living in America enforcing their differences rather than as Americans,
emphasizing their similarities. "

"Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least
educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated,
undereducated, and
antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a
50% dropout rate from high school."

"My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and
business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic
identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology. ' I would get all
minorities to think that their lack of success was the fault of the
majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority
failure on
the majority population."

"My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual citizenship, and
promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would
stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are
mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing
each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most
historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a
nation
together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they
belonged
to the same race; they possessed a common Language and literature; and
they
worshipped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic Games. A
common enemy, Persia, threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds
were not
strong enough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographical
conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. "E. Pluribus
Unum" --From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis
on the 'pluribus' instead of the 'Unum,' we will balkanize America as
surely
as Kosovo."

"Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits; make it taboo to
talk
about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word
similar
to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion and paralyzed
thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate.
Having made America a bilingual/bicultura l country, having established
multi-culturalism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of
'Victimology, ' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration
laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for
America, it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant
symmetric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them."

In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound
silence followed. Finally he said,. "Lastly, I would censor Victor Davis
Hanson's book "Mexifornia. " His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to
destroy America. If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read
that book."

There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud
above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew
that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly,
darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Discussion is
being
suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our
educational
system and national cohesiveness. Even barbaric cultures that practice
female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate 'diversity.'
American
jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Third
World
in America - take note of California and other states - to date, ten
million
illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book
"1984." In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth
building: "War is peace," "Freedom is slavery," and "Ignorance is
strength."

Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the
conference that our nation and the future of this great democracy are
deeply
in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigration monster
stopped within three years, it will rage like a California wildfire and
destroy everything in its path especially The American Dream.

Answer 2

Google, yahoo search, ask.com, wikipedia all are excellent sources of information.

Answer 3

They were better but now they have improved.