The government is raising taxes, contribution assessment limits are to be increased, the pension insurance contribution is being raised, and health insurance companies are announcing - despite a contribution increase freeze! - increases of over 15%. Good grief, why does the current government think anyone will still support their policies in such a context? They must be crazy. Sure, you have to pay more when costs go up - but why aren't these stupid war games ever stopped? This nonsense is far too expensive. Why do I have to pay more for it? And why do I ultimately have to reach into my pocket three times over, just because all administrations - health insurance companies just like the state - are fundamentally unwilling to clean up their mess once and for all?
Even if I can still afford the whole increase - gritting my teeth and with little enthusiasm, but ultimately I'm doing well financially, so I can also bear more - what about those whose only "consumption" - which they're also supposed to forgo according to Müntefering - consists of living? Are they supposed to end their lives in a socially acceptable manner now?
And of course the opposition immediately seizes on this and plays itself up as a great potential benefactor. Ridiculous - they themselves bled the citizen dry for years, who believes their sanctimonious act anyway? Tax cuts only exist for them for companies and the self-employed, the average employee means nothing to them either.
And then the Federal President wonders why no one believes politicians anymore and why acceptance of politics is going down the drain.
Daydreamers, rip-off artists and idiots, all of them...