Tag: Steuerpolitik
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Abolish income splitting for married couples? Klingbeil’s dangerous attack on marriage and merit

“Many women tell me: Abolish income splitting for married couples so we can work more.” That’s what Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil claims on ZDF. A bold assertion. And above all a dangerous one. Because what is being sold here as equality is in reality nothing more than the preparation of a tax increase—disguised as women’s policy. What is this even about? Income splitting for married couples is Read more
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When Rome gets relief and Berlin cashes in: the gas station test for politics

The gas pump is the most honest place in the country. Here, citizens see in black and white what politics really means. As energy prices rise amid the escalating Iran crisis and markets react nervously, governments are making very different decisions. In Italy, fuel taxes are being reduced. In Germany, everything stays the same—and the state profits from every Read more
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Fuel tourism is “smuggling” — but open borders were without alternative?

Die Preise explodieren.Die Bürger reagieren.Und plötzlich funktioniert Grenzschutz. Nicht wegen illegaler Migration.Nicht wegen innerer Sicherheit.Sondern wegen Benzinkanistern. Willkommen im Deutschland 2026. Zu diesem Thema wurde zusätzlich ein separates Videostatement veröffentlicht, in dem die aktuellen Grenzkontrollen und ihre rechtlichen Hintergründe dokumentiert werden. Wenn Autofahrer zu „Steuerhinterziehern“ werden Laut aktuellen Berichten werden an den Grenzen immer häufiger Read more
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Sugar Tax Despite Party Convention Rejection: When Politics Ignores Its Own Resolutions

The CDU party convention says no. Daniel Günther says: the issue is not settled. He wants to push through the sugar tax anyway—via the Bundesrat. And this is exactly where the real problem begins. It’s not about sugar. It’s not about soda. And it’s not just about health. It’s about an understanding of the state. When party conventions become nothing more than decoration Read more