This is unbelievable. Consider these slashes of genius for rescuing the German economy: "Step two: on the second day, decree an immediate ban on the wearing of ties by civil servants and employees of government ministries. This would extend the new economy's only lasting achievement to the public sector. Working culture would change instantly and dramatically. Step three - the most radical one: three weeks later, table a bill banning the use of Sie, the formal term of address, after January 2003. Henceforth all Germans would address each other with the familiar Du." Taska points out civil servants don't wear ties.