@GoDividend ne man kack taxes much too high. It all goes to new stupidities on it anyway. It is much better stored with me. I can appreciate my money. The state does not.
@Divmann now come the monkey is yet unfounded. Everyone uses things that the state provides and somehow that must be paid for (so in reasonable measure just by each individual).
@GoDividend Of course government spending is important, I study economics and know where the market fails. But I also know that far too much is wasted in Germany through excessive bureaucracy and, on top of that, the wrong incentives are set. Why do I, as a small saver, pay capital gains tax on long-term equity investments, even though everyone knows the situation with pensions? Even the USA is further ahead