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)










