Just so no one thinks only the SPD has brainless slogans to shout into the world: "Make work possible in Germany again" is the reason why they want to increase the value-added tax:
Union Chancellor candidate Angela Merkel defended the planned increase in value-added tax by the CDU and CSU. The Union wants to achieve the goal of reducing labor costs with this, she said in an interview with "Bericht aus Berlin". It is about "making work possible in Germany again and thus enabling social security," the CDU chairwoman continued.
Sorry, but how incredibly stupid is that? Social security through an increase in value-added tax, which hits the hardest those who cannot further reduce their consumption because it already only consists of staple foods and other expenses necessary for survival?