New: Capital gains tax on hypothetical profits. You don't even have to have a custody account, but you have the option of having one.
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@Soprano the sad thing is that this is not even absurd
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@TaxesAreTheft Well, I actually stole the idea from the broadcasting fee. Nobody watches the junk, but the argument as to why you should pay is exactly that you would theoretically have the opportunity to watch it.
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•@Soprano I don't know how I can express my disgust at all
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•@TaxesAreTheft The prevailing conditions are simply unbearable in the long term and the majority of our fellow countrymen clap their hands at every new tax and every restriction of freedom.
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•@Soprano What freedom is being restricted, please?
The fact that every fart costs money is just capitalism, isn't that what you're into? :D
The fact that every fart costs money is just capitalism, isn't that what you're into? :D
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@Schnurze that every fucking money has become so "expensive" is due to socialist and bureaucratic bullshit. For example, the taxation of companies is passed on to consumers, ~50% of fuel is tax, bureaucracy and rent control ensure that far too little is built, which further increases the housing shortage.
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@Schnurze I can only play online games of chance if I live in Schleswig-Holstein. I can't buy knives that have a blade length of xx cm and a tilt angle of xx ° - but machetes are still okay. I generally can't buy any of the 1000 ridiculous things because they are supposedly subject to the German Weapons Act. I have to import my plastic straws from fucking China. From 2035, I can no longer decide what engine my vehicle has and what shitty heating system I install in my house is none of my business. I can't decide whether I want to put the lid of the milk carton NEXT to the milk carton. The state forces me to give my fingerprints for my ID card.
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•@TaxesAreTheft What does the rent freeze have to do with housing construction? It only comes into effect after the apartment has already been built and rented out and has absolutely nothing to do with the initial rental price of a new building.
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@Soprano Nice examples you give there! While I can understand some aspects (gambling, knives, fingerprints), I can't share your assessment of the other points at all!
Personal freedom ends where the freedom of others is impaired - you would agree with me, wouldn't you?
The use of fossil fuels fuels climate change, which in turn affects people's freedom, especially that of the poor and future generations. It is therefore perfectly logical that the freedom (use of fossil fuels) of our privileged society is limited for the benefit of all.
You can continue to drive a combustion engine, but with climate-neutral energy sources (e.g. e-fuels). You also have the option of using hydrogen and electric vehicles. So you have even more choice than before.
The situation is similar with heating systems. You have a choice of various options (heat pump, pellets, district heating, direct electricity, biogas, hybrid systems, hydrogen, other e-fuels). But no longer exclusively fossil (65% RE). I have already explained that this is justified.
If people handled their waste responsibly, there would be no need for such straw regulations. But they clearly don't. In my opinion, there should be a ban on plastic packaging or it should be transferred to a circular economy via a deposit system.
No private company would provide ecological services (e.g. oxygen production, water management/provision, light, etc.) as cost-effectively as nature does. The complex environmental system must therefore be protected in order to prevent social and economic risks. We always take everything for granted...
In some aspects, bureaucracy and state intervention are simply the right thing to do - but there are certainly areas that need to be reconsidered!
Personal freedom ends where the freedom of others is impaired - you would agree with me, wouldn't you?
The use of fossil fuels fuels climate change, which in turn affects people's freedom, especially that of the poor and future generations. It is therefore perfectly logical that the freedom (use of fossil fuels) of our privileged society is limited for the benefit of all.
You can continue to drive a combustion engine, but with climate-neutral energy sources (e.g. e-fuels). You also have the option of using hydrogen and electric vehicles. So you have even more choice than before.
The situation is similar with heating systems. You have a choice of various options (heat pump, pellets, district heating, direct electricity, biogas, hybrid systems, hydrogen, other e-fuels). But no longer exclusively fossil (65% RE). I have already explained that this is justified.
If people handled their waste responsibly, there would be no need for such straw regulations. But they clearly don't. In my opinion, there should be a ban on plastic packaging or it should be transferred to a circular economy via a deposit system.
No private company would provide ecological services (e.g. oxygen production, water management/provision, light, etc.) as cost-effectively as nature does. The complex environmental system must therefore be protected in order to prevent social and economic risks. We always take everything for granted...
In some aspects, bureaucracy and state intervention are simply the right thing to do - but there are certainly areas that need to be reconsidered!
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•@Schnurze Sure, I would agree with you. I would be prepared to accept a restriction if it ensured the freedom of other people in my country.
This is not the case with climate protection. It simply makes no difference. Germany is only responsible for 2% of CO² emissions. Even if these were reduced to 0, it would not help anyone. It is a purely religious argument to do things just to live up to the scriptures.
If anyone really took climate protection seriously, they would simply import gas from Russia and build 20 nuclear power plants as quickly as possible. Of course this would create nuclear waste etc., but that would be the lesser evil if we used Berlin as a nuclear waste disposal site than making large parts of the planet permanently uninhabitable if we continue to rely on coal power.
So you can see that even the Greens don't believe in climate change:
* "Yes, climate change is bad - but NOT THAT bad that it should be allowed to reduce the profits of the solar and wind power lobby"
* "Yes, climate change is bad - but NOT SO bad that we should be allowed to trade with an enemy of NATO."
Either the Greens believe that the consequences of climate change are absolutely harmless and irrelevant OR they are acting extremely irresponsibly.
It can't be that they really believe that there will be serious consequences for the whole of humanity if we don't limit our emissions, but at the same time refuse to compromise, even if this could immediately reduce emissions.
Just imagine it figuratively. Imagine that if we don't achieve the two-degree target, it will have irreversible consequences for life on Earth. Imagine it. And then imagine that a guy who wants to be Chancellor and knows how serious the situation is has nothing better to do all day than report over 805 people for uploading a funny picture on the internet. Instead of doing something that could save the planet.
And I'm also in favor of protecting nature. Don't get me wrong. But it can't be that we keep talking about abolishing freedom because climate protection is so important, but climate protection is NEVER so important that we are prepared to make even the slightest compromise to achieve the goal.
And the straw thing certainly doesn't apply to Germany. We have been separating our waste for decades and plastic ends up in the yellow garbage can. And that's just another anti-freedom thing for the EU to say, yes, because some people in Romania or something like that can't manage their waste, everyone will now be punished.
This is not the case with climate protection. It simply makes no difference. Germany is only responsible for 2% of CO² emissions. Even if these were reduced to 0, it would not help anyone. It is a purely religious argument to do things just to live up to the scriptures.
If anyone really took climate protection seriously, they would simply import gas from Russia and build 20 nuclear power plants as quickly as possible. Of course this would create nuclear waste etc., but that would be the lesser evil if we used Berlin as a nuclear waste disposal site than making large parts of the planet permanently uninhabitable if we continue to rely on coal power.
So you can see that even the Greens don't believe in climate change:
* "Yes, climate change is bad - but NOT THAT bad that it should be allowed to reduce the profits of the solar and wind power lobby"
* "Yes, climate change is bad - but NOT SO bad that we should be allowed to trade with an enemy of NATO."
Either the Greens believe that the consequences of climate change are absolutely harmless and irrelevant OR they are acting extremely irresponsibly.
It can't be that they really believe that there will be serious consequences for the whole of humanity if we don't limit our emissions, but at the same time refuse to compromise, even if this could immediately reduce emissions.
Just imagine it figuratively. Imagine that if we don't achieve the two-degree target, it will have irreversible consequences for life on Earth. Imagine it. And then imagine that a guy who wants to be Chancellor and knows how serious the situation is has nothing better to do all day than report over 805 people for uploading a funny picture on the internet. Instead of doing something that could save the planet.
And I'm also in favor of protecting nature. Don't get me wrong. But it can't be that we keep talking about abolishing freedom because climate protection is so important, but climate protection is NEVER so important that we are prepared to make even the slightest compromise to achieve the goal.
And the straw thing certainly doesn't apply to Germany. We have been separating our waste for decades and plastic ends up in the yellow garbage can. And that's just another anti-freedom thing for the EU to say, yes, because some people in Romania or something like that can't manage their waste, everyone will now be punished.
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