German state financial minister kills
himself over coronavirus ‘despair’
by
Jackie Salo
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
3/30/2020 3:45:02 AM
A German state finance minister took his own life after expressing “despair” over how to handle the economic fallout from coronavirus, an official said. Thomas Schaefer, who was the finance minister of Germany’s Hesse region, was found dead by suicide Saturday on railway tracks at Hochheim, which is near Frankfurt. State governor Volker Bouffier said Sunday that the 54-year-old had become consumed with how to handle the coronavirus crisis sending the global markets into freefall.He said Schaefer was particularly concerned about
Reply 1 - Posted by:
John C 3/30/2020 4:16:07 AM (No. 362569)
Hey media puppets, the President is right again. 10 years on the job and couldn't think of a way out of the crisis.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 3/30/2020 5:09:18 AM (No. 362583)
May God grant mercy to his troubled soul.
I highly doubt the German economy was able to take this hit as well as the USA after three years of President Trump's leadership. Perhaps Mr. Schaefer had nightmares of post WWI Germany and was paralyzed by his fear. For those who have set aside God, they find no inner resources when events take a sudden turn. I also doubt he will be the only EU-nation bureaucrat to choose the permanent solution to a temporary problem. The big flaw in socialism/communism is insisting that human behavior follow their plans as shown on paper. There is only one plan, God's Plan, and those that chaff against it can never see the doom coming that they've created for themselves.
Once again President Trump, a man of God, was correct; economic stress causes an increase in suicides.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 3/30/2020 6:39:49 AM (No. 362624)
This is just the beginning. You are going to hear more suicides. People are killing people because of social distancing. President Trump needs to get a handle on this because I see it getting out of control fast. He needs to bring our country back to normal. He can do it slowly, but it needs to be done. Give people encouragement that it is happening. The democrats want total destruction of the economy and they would do at the cost of everyone in the U.S. Mr. President, bring us back to life starting now.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 3/30/2020 6:58:18 AM (No. 362638)
He probably won’t be the last. Life on the other side of the mountain won’t be for the faint of heart.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
jacksin5 3/30/2020 8:25:06 AM (No. 362686)
Brussels expects Germany to carry the financial load created by Covid-19. I'm sure the bureaucrats dumped this responsibility squarely in this poor man's lap.
Just another demonstration on how Socialism destroys everything and everyone it touches.
RIP Herr Scharfer.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
stablemoney 3/30/2020 9:05:16 AM (No. 362726)
With the 30 day extension, I am about ready to jump off a bridge myself. The constitution has been torn up, everybody imprisoned, rather than testing and quarantining those that test positive. The government now ruling in totality, nothing allowed without checking the latest regulation, more regulations promised, and coming. Everybody sitting at home, watching the government decrees, rather than working. Now Easter is ruined. To hell with all of it.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
jar 3/30/2020 9:08:33 AM (No. 362730)
One of the first in the anticipated wave of suicides, reminiscent of the crash of 1929, when Wall Streeters jumped out of NY skyscraper windows. This suicide is another nail in the coffin of the ill-conceived EU.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
jhpeters2 3/30/2020 9:18:15 AM (No. 362735)
Well its a start. What too soon? Sorry, not.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 3/30/2020 10:39:43 AM (No. 362846)
It's a sad thing. But I think our President warned that people would kill themselves if we didn't get our economy back working again, didn't he? And the Enemedia laughed. It isn't funny, not at all.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Ebenezer 3/30/2020 12:36:15 PM (No. 362976)
this poor man must have had other things in his life that were troubling him, along with (probably) severe depression. Having to deal with the financial impact of this virus may have been the straw that broke the camel's back. God bless his soul.
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