7Mon

When I read statements like "Left-wing losers should go to work" I feel sick 🙄

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Staatsmann@Staatsmann

7Mon

@AE23 It's just a very simple view of the world when the "enemy" is so clearly known.

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Ronan D.@4HHUultr4

7Mon

@Staatsmann Everyone knows what is meant. People who have learned nothing, create no value and then cry out for redistribution.

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Staatsmann@Staatsmann

7Mon

@4HHUultr4 So why not call these people that and simply generalize a political group?

Ah, that's right. Some people like simple statements and like it when an enemy image is presented.

After all, redistribution mania exists in quite a few political tendencies.
Only partly from the top down, from the bottom up, etc.
"But the left..." or "But the Greens..." always generate likes and reach today, as the enemy is clearly identified.

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7Mon

@AE23 That's up to you. There is no shame in working.

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7Mon

@4HHUultr4 Korrekt

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7Mon

@Staatsmann Wrong. Have been named.

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7Mon

@Techaktien I work a lot, I work hard.
And I've been doing it non-stop since I was 17. As a divorced man, I invest as much as I can for myself and my son. And I have worked my way up to become a manager and can proudly say that I am happy to pay taxes, also to support the losers of the system, which undoubtedly exist.
Anything else would be deeply anti-social.
Anyone can slip and then you're glad if there are safety nets that don't let you hit the ground too hard.
Personally, I am also in favor of a wealth tax and inheritance tax so that others also have the opportunity to rise to the top.
Equal opportunities

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7Mon

@AE23 No. Refusing to work in order to scam your tax and wage contributions is too deeply antisocial.

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7Mon

Well.
As long as depression and other illnesses are not considered a refusal to work...

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Jason M.@JasonMcMillen

7Mon

@Staatsmann The word redistribution is mainly used by the SPD and other left-wing parties such as the Left Party and the Greens. I have never heard this term from the center to the right. CDU fdp AfD. Center-right parties often make good proposals for a liberal economic policy that rewards the hard-working rather than doing nothing. Hungary and Poland, for example, have lower taxes than Germany in every respect, and both have right-wing governments. Left wing liberal governments are more known to cause high taxes. Canada France Sweden Australia etc.

If the enemy image is clearly known, why don't you see a correlation? Then it probably happens more often.

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Nico@Nick89

7Mon

It was great!

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7Mon

@Nick89 Thank you

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Maximilian@Max095

7Mon

Can you please go into politics and become chancellor? Thank you!

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Andreas@financialphantom

7Mon

Get rid of the communist! ⚡️

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7Mon

@financialphantom 🤦

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7Mon

Why always "left-wing failures"? Aren't there enough people who are "failures" in all political directions?

Incidentally, a social system also provides more opportunities for those with a poorer starting position...

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7Mon

@Metis Of course there are losers in all political movements. But the left are the only ones who want to take other people's hard-earned money.
They are the only ones who know best how to spend other people's money.

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7Mon

@Daxdaniel Oh, and the communists don't know that? Or any other political movement?

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7Mon

@Metis Communists are on the left. And right-wingers/liberals are not in favor of redistribution.
As far as I know, only left-wingers call for redistribution, but I'd be happy to clarify which other political current is in favor of tax increases, wealth tax, inheritance tax, etc.

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7Mon

@Daxdaniel What is actually wrong with these taxes? From a certain point onwards, the rich in this country simply have a huge tax advantage.
Large companies in this country have many tax advantages over small citizens.

Not to mention the fact that many people do not pay into various tax pots, but are paid for by tax money.

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7Mon

The argument against this is that everyone should decide for themselves what they want to do with the money they earn.
Leftists are the only ones who do not share this principle

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7Mon

@Daxdaniel But that's not how a state works. That only the little people pay taxes and the fat companies don't.

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7Mon

@Metis the bottom 50% do not even pay 10% of the total tax revenue. It is a lie that the rich pay less tax

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7Mon

@Daxdaniel But the proportional burden is quite different. If I, as an ordinary private individual, have to pay up to 40% of my salary in taxes, why does this not also apply to significantly larger corporate profits? Why do international companies have a significantly lower percentage tax burden in Germany than the country's own population?

The logic that you can do what you want with the money you earn doesn't work for the little man either.

Why do taxpayers continue to pay the pensions of politicians who are no longer in office? No private company pays former employees.

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7Mon

@Metis What makes you think that companies have a significantly lower tax burden? There is corporation tax, solidarity surcharge and trade tax, which combined are around 30%. If the profits are distributed, then there is another 25% capital gains tax plus solidarity surcharge on top. Overall, taxation is therefore anything but low and very high, especially in an international comparison.

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