Tax increases lead straight to the precipice, according to Alice Weidel
In the heart of Europe, the Federal Republic of Germany is currently grappling with a severe economic crisis. Amidst rising inflation, high taxes, energy prices, rampant bureaucracy, and 'climate' central planning, citizens and businesses are feeling the strain.
The necessary reform laws have already been presented, but the question of taxation remains a contentious issue. The Alternative for Germany (AfD), a political-economic disruptor, is firmly against tax increases during this critical period. While the mainstream government, led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, is pursuing tax cuts and infrastructure investments funded partly by increased borrowing, the AfD's stance is more critical.
The AfD advocates against additional tax burdens, aligning with their broader economic and political platform. Last year, the total tax revenues of all public authorities in Germany amounted to almost one trillion euros. Increasing taxes in the current situation, they argue, would mean certain and accelerated collapse.
The new CDU/CSU-led government plans tax relief measures and corporate tax reductions aimed at stimulating the economy, alongside record public investments financed through a relaxation of the constitutional debt brake. However, the AfD has resisted proposals for new taxes or further borrowing.
The state, according to the AfD, should limit itself to core tasks: internal and external security, care for the needy, infrastructure, public order, and information exchange. The German state, they argue, has an expenditure problem, not an income problem. A state that cannot manage its highest tax revenues in history and is also taking on unprecedented levels of debt is moving towards socialism.
The promise to adhere to the debt brake has already been broken by the Union, and the order of the day in times of crisis is to cut superfluous state expenditures. Key industries in Germany are experiencing catastrophic profit losses, mass job cuts, and production relocation abroad.
The AfD's stance is clear: they reject tax increases in the context of Germany's economic crisis and growing public debt, advocating against further burdens on taxpayers despite the government’s openness to increased spending financed by debt.
For more information, please contact the AfD press office at Eichhorster Weg 80 / 13435 Berlin, telephone 030 - 220 23 710, or email [email protected].
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"The controversial taxation issue in Germany's current economic crisis has the AfD, a political-economic disruptor, advocating against tax increases, aligning with their broader policy-and-legislation stance. They argue that increased taxes in the current situation would accelerate the economic collapse, a viewpoint in contrast to the mainstream government's approach of tax cuts and increased borrowing."
"The AfD's strong resistance towards new taxes or further borrowing is rooted in their belief that the German state has an expenditure problem, not an income problem. They emphasize the need to cut superfluous state expenditures to bring Germany back to economic stability, a key part of their general-news platform."
