Cancelliere tedesco Friedrich Merz pianifica € 46 miliardi di agevolazioni fiscali delle società per aumentare l’economia

Ah yes, ye olde let’s give billions in tax breaks to businesses so they can give huge pay raises to the C-Suite, stagnate wages for the workers, ship production to lower income countries so the increased earnings can be converted into stock dividends for the wealthy.

I mean, just look at how well those trickle-down “Reaganomics” worked in the USA. Worked so well their citizens now have to pay tariffs on top of their double taxation income *and* sales taxes to pay for it all.

How about tax-breaks to low- and middle-class instead? They would pump that money right back in to the economy.

Probably not the worst idea in Germany right now. Gotta stop the de-industrialization that has been going on for the past few years. Especially now with Trump going all trade war on Europe.

Edit: The comment section here is so full of Reddit brain that doesn’t understand economics at all. The classic.

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Sure, that will make a few CEOs very happy… Nice bonuses coming their way…

Not all tax breaks are equal.

This is stuff like deductions for new equipment and new electric vehicles. Tax breaks on R&D expenses. Tax breaks which are specifically tailored to boost production instead of boosting CEO paychecks.

Ah yes, it has worked so well in France (spoilers, it didn’t).

Merz will have to accept that the German export based economy has reached its limit. China is replacing all German import with own production and the US is no longer willing to take any the German exports either.

If they want to avoid the closures of factories, they’ll need to boost German consumption of their locally produced goods. This means giving the money to consumers and incentivizing them to buy European.
Giving this money directly to the companies is just throwing money down the drain.

Paywall, so I’m using another news report on the government’s tax plans: [Source](https://www.merkur.de/wirtschaft/so-will-merz-regierung-steuern-senken-entlastungen-ueber-jahre-93762994.html)

“Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) is apparently already planning extensive tax cuts for companies. … The relief is to be spread over several years and increase to 17 billion euros by 2029.”

“In detail, it is about the so-called investment booster, the reduction in corporation tax and new depreciation options for electric vehicles. The investment booster provides for special depreciation for investments in 2025, 2026 and 2027.”

“This will be followed by a reduction in corporation tax. The tax rate is to be reduced from 15% to 10% in five stages by 2032. There are also plans to make the research tax allowance more “generous”. A special depreciation allowance is planned for companies that purchase electric cars: A write-off of 75 percent is to be possible in the year of purchase.”

” “Over the past 15 years, Germany has become a high-tax country for companies,” wrote the Wirtschaftsdienst newspaper in 2024. The high tax burden leads to direct disadvantages in the international competition between locations. Simulation calculations had shown that tax cuts would lead to a “noticeable upturn”, particularly in private investment.”

“An OECD report shows that the average tax burden for companies in OECD countries is 23.6% (as of 2023), while EU countries excluding Germany levy an average tax rate of 21.1%. In Germany, the tax burden on corporate profits is around 30 percent (DIHK).

The business newspaper referred to earlier developments: Reforms in 2001 and 2008 had already succeeded in narrowing the gap with other OECD countries.”

I think he misspelld lineing their pockets

So like, I have been complaining lately that I pay nearly 45% of my income in taxes without VAT or anything else counted in.

This is such a great way to tell me that leaving Germany is the right decision! 

Fuck Merz.

Corporations and rich people benefit, poor people are suffering even more.

Crony capitalism Europe edition.

Ah yes, austerity measures here we come. The hyper richer get richer and the rest of us deal with less doctors available, worse conditions for public transport etc. Yay, UK living standards here we come.

46bn tax breaks in germany while Finland get harsh cuts all around while their bad situation comes from outside of their borders

Don’t worry, it will trickle down. The bad side, it’s diarrhea.

Conservatives attempt corporate tax break for the 8 millionth time, hoping that this time it will boost the economy for realsies.

I’m growing increasingly disillusioned with the idea that democracy, as it currently exists, serves the people. In practice, it appears less like a system of equal representation and more like a modern form of feudalism, Just with extra bureaucratic layers. The power dynamics haven’t changed as much as we’ve been led to believe; they’ve just been rebranded.

Billionaires and corporate executives function as the new royalty. Untouchable, immensely powerful, and able to shape society from the top down. Millionaires and high-ranking politicians act as the nobility, managing power on behalf of the elite and maintaining the status quo. Celebrities fill the role of aristocrats, serving as cultural distractions or mouthpieces that glamorize the system while reinforcing the same hierarchies. And the vast majority of us—ordinary citizens—are little more than peasants, excluded from real influence and left to bear the consequences of decisions made far above our heads.

It seems that anyone who is genuinely electable must already be aligned with the interests of the wealthy and powerful. And those who attempt to challenge the system—who advocate for fairer wealth distribution, better living conditions for all, and accountability for the elite, are quickly labeled as radicals, extremists, or worse. They’re often lumped in with genuinely hateful ideologies like white supremacy or fascism, not because they share those beliefs, but because they dare to imagine a different structure. One that threatens the privileges of those in control.

This kind of political gaslighting silences necessary conversations and reinforces the illusion that any critique of the current order is inherently dangerous or irrational. But from where I stand, what’s truly dangerous is continuing to call this system a democracy when its outcomes so consistently serve only a few.

Give me a tax break, I’m fucking drowning in taxes. Fuck!

Once again the German people are surprised that when you vote for the same old right-wing shit year after year, you get right wing shit.

Well, better try even further right wing shit next time with the far right AfD! Maybe this time it will work!

The ducking definition of insanity is the modern voter…

Fuckin hell… give it to the people, not the corporations. All that history to learn from and he hits the Replay button.

SO, the resulting loss of tax revenues are going to be covered by an increase in the federal budget deficit and debt or by an increase in general taxation?

Given the CDU attitudes to fiscal responsibility in the past, I already have placed my bets.

Good, good. Higher profits for the rich.