There will be no tax increases with me. On August 31, 2025, Friedrich Merz (70, CDU) stated on ZDF: "There will be no tax increases with me." #CDU #Steuererhöhung #Reformstau (translated)
The author wrote that Wüst is losing 10 percent compared to the last state election and the SPD is losing 9 percent. The AfD is quadrupling its share of the vote, while the FDP is gradually disappearing from the political landscape. However, elections will only take place after the tax increases and social cuts. https://t.co/1MWOm9wOQn #Wahlen #Politik #Deutschland #DE (translated)
BB wrote, "The left is over," and contrasted the statement that there would be no tax increases and no new debt with a sugar, plastic, and crypto tax, an increase in the top tax rate, higher alcohol and tobacco taxes, as well as new record debts. He asked what he had forgotten. #Steuerpolitik #Schulden #Finanzen (translated)
The noblewoman from Franconia wrote to the Chancellor that she had 551 questions about it. She also spoke in vulgar terms about the CDU and SPD and used the hashtags tobacco tax and tax increases. #Tabaksteuer #Steuererhöhungen https://t.co/061XhBrdAn #Politik #Deutschland #Fragen (translated)
Artificial intelligence wrote that proposals for further tax increases are being presented increasingly unabated. The citizens would become subjects of a state-controlled "colonial territory," whose value creation is skimmed off to finance elite projects, while nothing remains in the country and poverty prevails. https://t.co/AYIQtblam5 #Steuererhöhung #SozialeGerechtigkeit #Armut (translated)
The author reacted with a sad emoji and wrote that one could now gladly become one of the main payers for the reconstruction of Ukraine. According to his account, this is only possible with new debts and tax increases. https://t.co/1XI3J3pokP #Ukraine #Aufbauhilfe #Schulden #UA (translated)
Dr. Christoph Canne wrote that Berlin currently transfers around 40 billion euros per year to Brussels. According to the proposal at hand, it would be more than 60 billion euros. This is the reason why tax increases in the country are necessary. https://t.co/gGAiMEoHyZ #Berlin #EU #Steuern (translated)
The author referred to the promise in the coalition agreement not to raise taxes and wrote that, at the same time, higher levies on sugar, Bitcoin, tobacco, plastic, alcohol, sparkling wine, and alcopops are currently relevant. He questioned Merz's statement that Ukraine costs nothing and provocatively asked whether bureaucracy and what he called the "climate madness" are also free of charge. He described the renunciation of tax increases as one of the few corresponding promises. https://t.co/wTIQrEy9zM #Steuern #Politik #Deutschland #DE #UA (translated)
Tech stocks reported that the one-year holding period for tax-free private sales on precious metals like gold and silver could be eliminated in the future. During a hearing of the petitions committee regarding the crypto holding period, the petitioners argued that taxing Bitcoin while granting tax exemption for physical gold violates the constitutional principle of equality. Subsequently, a representative of the Federal Ministry of Finance fundamentally questioned the tax exemption and confirmed that the ministry is examining the abolition of the holding period for precious metals. According to Tech stocks, there is currently no draft legislation. The author accused the state of boundless greed, wrote that citizens are denied the ability to save and build wealth, and blamed the SPD for plundering Germany. #Edelmetalle #Gold #Steuern (translated)
Emanuel Boeminghaus wrote, referring to a GEW interview from October 12, 2026, that the economic expert Achim Truger warned of a significant financing problem. By 2030, defense spending should rise from 125 to 200 billion euros and interest expenses from 30 to 80 billion euros; municipalities were missing around 30 billion euros annually. Truger considers additional revenue of 150 to 200 billion euros per year to be necessary from 2030, Boeminghaus wrote. Possible measures he mentioned include higher asset-based taxes, a higher top income tax rate, a defense solidarity surcharge, and a financial transaction tax. According to Boeminghaus, an increase in value-added tax is also not fundamentally ruled out. He presented the tax demands as just the beginning of possible additional burdens for companies and taxpayers. https://t.co/yU79tnPfI1 #Steuererhöhungen #Wirtschaft #Bundeshaushalt (translated)
M🅰️🅰️zilla wrote that Dr. Daniel Stelter sharply criticized Ulrike Herrmann on #Lanz. Stelter stated that private companies in Germany have been net savers for twenty years, and tax increases are not the answer to encouraging companies to invest again. https://t.co/bL6opjE7lb #Wirtschaft #Steuern #Investitionen (translated)
The Australian exchange student wrote that by 2027 so many tax increases had been announced that he had lost track. He only remembers that Merz announced about two years ago that there would be no tax increases under him. #Steuererhöhungen #Politik #Deutschland (translated)
Beatrice Achterberg considered a suspension of the CO₂ tax, the abandonment of new tax increases, and the deportation of threats and foreigners to be sensible. She suspected that none of these measures would be implemented. https://t.co/0pTQw1Otj4 #CO2Steuer #Steuerpolitik #Asylpolitik (translated)
Livia Clauss wrote that reforms meant higher social contributions, tax increases, and an additional rise in the CO₂ price for the federal government. She said she could not see how economic growth could be achieved with that. #Reformen #Sozialabgaben #Wirtschaft (translated)
Oliver Gorus wrote that Friedrich Merz had pledged before the election to adhere to the debt brake and to refrain from tax increases. After the election, he imposed record debts on the citizens, raised taxes, and continuously introduced new levies, according to Gorus. Gorus also accused Merz of going against his promise to put an end to leftist politics, claiming he has been pursuing socialist redistribution policies and expanding the state since taking office. Gorus stated that Merz would go down in history as the most brazen liar in a German government position since the founding of the Federal Republic. #Steuern #Politik #Merkel (translated)
The user sparbookfoes wrote that the federal government, consisting of the Union and SPD, is planning another tax increase despite their agreement in the coalition contract against tax hikes: the tobacco tax is set to rise. A pack of Marlboro cigarettes with 20 cigarettes currently costs 9.40 euros; according to him, the price will be around 10.50 euros in 2027 and about 12.10 euros in 2030. The specific additional state revenues are difficult to predict. The German Customs and Finance Union (BDZ) predicts that more and more smokers will turn to the black market, he wrote. #Steuern #Tabaksteuer #Rauchen (translated)
Morlock No. 2 wrote that the CDU has once again shown no compromises and that the SPD has even been "elevated." At the same time, he apparently referred to the government members ironically as the best there have ever been, and pointed out that at least there are no tax increases. https://t.co/wSlYGgrWZE #CDU #SPD #Regierung (translated)
The AfD wrote that citizens would be exploited "down to the last shirt" through levies on tobacco, plastic, and wages. It called for an immediate end to what it considers anti-social tax increases, a relief for contributors, and an end to tax wastage abroad. https://t.co/qoTzD2VWso https://t.co/T6VvbUbfCm #Steuerpolitik #SozialeGerechtigkeit #AfD (translated)
Julian Röpcke wrote that many Germans have recognized that the militaristic course drastically reduces security and prosperity in their view. The rest would understand this, in his estimation, after further cuts to social services and tax increases. #Sicherheit #Wohlstand #Sozialpolitik #DE (translated)
The coalition committee has begun at the Chancellery, where the SPD is under pressure to finally present a draft law for the urgently needed pension reform, while the Union is pushing for clarity on tax increases. #Koalitionsausschuss #Rentenreform #Steuerpolitik (translated)
