- 1,778 federal laws and 2,821 federal regulations are currently in force. Many of these are necessary, while others rob citizens and companies above all of time, nerves – and money: A typical medium-sized company costs 2.5 percent of its annual turnover in bureaucracy.
- In order to avoid the regulatory chaos in Germany, some start-ups are now relocating to the USA. But instead of relieving the burden on companies and citizens, the state keeps increasing the requirements.
- It would help if the necessary bureaucracy could be handled via computer or smartphone. However, the few prestige projects in the area of administrative modernization usually do not keep what they promise.
Her cash register is at the center of evil for Maria Gruber. The 49-year-old just wants to run her stationery store. But official requirements keep getting in the way. And a lot of it has to do with the checkout. Gruber actually has a different name.
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