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Hah, yes. Thanks! My handle was Khmer Ribs. I co-founded the band at Reed College, with Shrimpy Skampers (Patrick Burkart.) Yeah, I do think it's unrealistic. Most state investment in east Germany goes towards infrastructure building and unemployment, due to the region's continued need for post-communist rehabilitation. The German government would have to change priorities, and reinvest equally in the private sector to make things work. That's not going happen any time soon, I wager.