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Germany's Left Party wants to halve billionaires' wealth (www.dw.com)
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The Left Party says "there shouldn't be any billionaires." With Germany gearing up for an election, the far-left force has launched a new tax plan — though it will most likely never get a chance to implement it.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They also barely scrape together 5% in the polls, which means their seats in parliament are on shaky ground right now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

They will most likely get three direct elected, so their seats are pretty sturdy.