Koalitionsvertrag - Manifest des Schwindels - Politik - Süddeutsche.de
Koalitionsvertrag - Manifest des Schwindels - Politik - Süddeutsche.de
manifesto of vertigo
Rarely has there been greater electoral fraud: Contrary to all the promise charged to the coalition agreement, especially families and ordinary citizens, top earners are spared. This wrong-headed understanding of justice is scandalous.
The party leaders of the grand coalition will present the coalition agreement in the Bundestag
(Photo: Reuters)
A commentary by Claus Hulverscheidt
Who these days leading Christian asks where exactly in the coalition agreement actually the handwriting of the CDU is to find or even the Chancellor, receives nearly always the same, a little verdruckste Answer: The object of the Christian Democratic Union, states then it was time less significant contribute ideas for reform, rather than discourage future allies of too great nonsense.
This applies both to the SPD with its partly ludicrous output expectations, as well as for the sister party CSU with their toll-Tick and the many other eccentricities. Moreover, it is also no value in itself, when a coalition agreement before so were countless innovations only. Often it have more meaning, a course recognized as correct - for example in European politics - simply continue.
You already rubbing his eyes, with how little the former reform politician Angela Merkel satisfied nowadays. Still could use a cold can disguised as a continuity Ambitionslosigkeit the CDU leader - they would not have consequences: the renunciation of any tax and duty reform namely leads to the fact that many millions of citizens billions of euros more in the next four years of taxes and social contributions payable must, as it would be necessary and appropriate.
Yes, even worse, the most affected is calculated that the population group that is always flatters in the speeches of politicians most - families with low and average income. More election fraud was rare.
Reminder: All three putative allies had in their programs with which they courted voters, announced changes in tax law. The Union wanted to increase the basic allowance for children as well as child benefit significantly, and the so-called bracket creep - a sort of unofficial tax increase at constant purchasing power of the citizen - dampen. The SPD announced tax increases for top earners to generate additional revenue for social programs and investments.
Verqueres understanding of justice
None of this can be found in the coalition agreement, on the contrary, the contribution to long-term care increases, that to state pension plans - although actually legally required - not lowered. However Especially changes in social security no group weigh as much as the the low and average income earners, while they can be cold with high incomes. Adding loads to the loading nor the loss of Ent added burdens that result from the breach of the Union's tax promise to get even for low earners to "cost" of many hundreds of euros a year. For average earners salaries are 1000 € and more.
It bluntly, one can say: Against all promise impose CDU and CSU, the cost of the coalition agreement to ordinary citizens on - for the sole purpose to keep in the race for the most significant tax increase prevention party in the country top earners before burdens can. This is a truly verqueres understanding of justice and a Christian party unworthy. Equally scandalous that the SPD for such a policy shake hands.
As important for the Social Democrats, the minimum wage or the Union, the mothers pension may be: Both show "successes" that the future coalition partners have lost the great center of society from the eyes of the preoccupation with individual groups. Of course, the coalition agreement also contains pluses - anyone can pick out the key for him. However, from the viewpoint of load balancing it is a manifesto of fraud and injustice.
