does not sound good, per just in in-tray, from germany, in reaction to
Message 28166100
From: M
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: Comments - Week of May 21 - tyranny revisited
The Reichsfluchsteuer was originally imposed not by the Nazis, but, rather, on December 8, 1931, by the pre-Hitler, centrist government of Heinrich Brüning, who had a doctoral degree in economics.
As Howard Ellis wrote in Exchange Control In Central Europe, published in 1941 by Harvard University Press, “it is worth remarking that the National Socialists inherited it from Social Democrat supported coalition governments after nearly two years of elaboration.”
Imho the most important lesson from German fiscal and legal policy during the Nazi era. The prosecution was not so much about new discriminating laws but about the execution of existing ones. The Reichsfluchtsteuer was used together with the ordinary income tax, property tax, many other taxes and exchange controls, to deprive the jews completely. The nazis mainly just changed some by-laws and enactments, while the constitution still existed formally, but had become practically irrelevant.
So no good perspectives for the US legal system, if a fascist government would come to power once. |
