On Jun 23, 11:34 am, Tzintzuntzan <moshpit1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jun 3, 9:13 pm, Faee...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> (snip good stuff)
>
> > The German economy was battered throughout 1930, and Stresemann=92s
> > initial goal was to trim the budget. Unwilling to cut the salaries of
> > government employees, or institute mandatory price controls, in an
> > effort to curb the deficit he was forced to raise taxes [4].
>
> As you note below, this is actually good economically. It is also
> going
> to promote howls from everybody in Germany: "we're having trouble
> making ends meet, and you tax us more?" Unless (as you imply
> below) it's only on the highest brackets.
Yea. This is leading to an interesting situation, where industry is
unhappy with Stresemann, but has nowhere else to go.
> I see where you're going with this -- a way for the two nations to
> actually know each other better. Trouble is, it seems more
> likely that the result is bad blood and bad memories. Of
> course, since the good outcome is plausible, writer's
> fiat permits it...but still...
Actually, meetings of Franco-German veterans in the 1930s got on
pretty well. And nothing improves feelings like a pay check.
I wish I had a better understandings of the Depression. I have some
ideas about it, but I'm not sure what should happen...
> Something I'm not clear on: how has Stresemann avoided bringing
> Bruning and the Centre into the coalition? (Unless they're in
> the coalition and I just didn't understand, but it seems like the
> Centre is not playing much of a role in the ATL.) The Centre was
> always the powerful "swing vote" in Weimar politics, and it's
> hard to change that.
They were part of the Weimar Coalition.What was going on at this point
was a minority coalition of the Center and DDVP, with the tacit
sup****t of the Social Democrats, but I have actually since decided to
retcon and keep Muller in, with the following rationale, since he'd
probably keep the same policies (and it lets Stresemann stay on as
Foreign Minister).
1) Muller's fall was far from predetermined. To make a long story
short, the crisis was over unemployment benefits, and there were
several points where a compromise was possible. Stresemann, IMO,
especially in the ATL could have kept the party in the Coalition.
Risking the rightwing members is probably worth it to prevent the
Coalition's fall, especially given his preference for such coalitions.
This means that the Coalition would stagger on until the fall, when
the budget debate begins again; but by this point the Nazis'
provincial victories have become apparent, and nobody wants to call
for elections. The Coalition would thus stagger on until Muller's
death, when elections would be called for.
> > [9] Cynics would say he=92d planned something like this all along.
Nazis=
> > would say he=92s a traitor to the German people, but=85
>
> Speaking of which, what is the political situation of the Volkish
> Right at this time? IIRC, Hugenberg got himself totally humiliated
> in Part 2, meaning he's crumbling early and there's a vacuum. But
> it doesn't seem like the Nazis have united the Right yet.
Indeed not. They're in a bit of disarray, but I expect there's no
reason for the Nazis to not begin filling the gap.
I actually debated having Hugenberg quitting the DNVP; he almost lost
the election to become its leader in 1928, and would probably have
left in disgust. But what're you gonna do?
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