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German ridicule for UK policies
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'Debt generation'
Criticising the UK government's decision to cut VAT from 17.5% to 15%, Mr Steinbruck questioned how effective this will be.
"Are you really going to buy a DVD player because it now costs £39.10 instead of £39.90?" he said.
"All this will do is raise Britain's debt to a level that will take a whole generation to work off."
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7776462.stm