The Fees Vote

[Franzl]

I have no strong opinion on the fees proposal.....although going from 3,000 to 9,000 does seem somewhat, excessive.

I don't know what exactly is being proposed.....but if this is an overnight increase, I might even vote with the opposition, were I an MP.


But disregarding my personal views.....how exactly are the Lib Dems selling this to voters? It seems somewhat even more disgusting than usual political lies for a party to advocate abolishing tuition fees (bad idea....but it was their platform), and then vote to triple those fees less than a year after the election.

[Franzl]

But disregarding my personal views.....how exactly are the Lib Dems selling this to voters? It seems somewhat even more disgusting than usual political lies for a party to advocate abolishing tuition fees (bad idea....but it was their platform), and then vote to triple those fees less than a year after the election.

On a similar note (but obviously not near as large of an issue as this), the aftermath of the 2005 German federal election was amusing.

CDU had supported a VAT increase from 16% to 18%, SPD was against raising it at all.

So what happened when CDU and SPD formed a grand coalition? It was raised to 19%.