This whole "article" sidesteps the problems at the core of the issue: housing, income, and taxes on income.
There's only so much you can do with a welfare state and Germany hasn't even exhausted that, take neighboring Denmark as an example in housing where home ownership is much higher due to the govt backing that mortgages have.
The article also discusses giving young people money but not taking it from the rich -- where then does it come from?!
The tax problem isn't unique to Germany, it's a common theme in Western Europe: if you make minimum wage and barely scrape by you're still taxed too much, and god forbid you actually have a high paying job well into the 6 figures you'll get disincentivized to earn more by the progressive tax system..
The "progressive" tax system all dissolves at certain 7-8 figures of income or net worth where you can just hire an army of tax consultants and pay the least amount possible.
You get hit the hardest as a middle class and upper middle class citizen, which in a developed nation is quite a large percentage of the productive workforce.
There's only so much you can do with a welfare state and Germany hasn't even exhausted that, take neighboring Denmark as an example in housing where home ownership is much higher due to the govt backing that mortgages have.
The article also discusses giving young people money but not taking it from the rich -- where then does it come from?!
The tax problem isn't unique to Germany, it's a common theme in Western Europe: if you make minimum wage and barely scrape by you're still taxed too much, and god forbid you actually have a high paying job well into the 6 figures you'll get disincentivized to earn more by the progressive tax system..
The "progressive" tax system all dissolves at certain 7-8 figures of income or net worth where you can just hire an army of tax consultants and pay the least amount possible.
You get hit the hardest as a middle class and upper middle class citizen, which in a developed nation is quite a large percentage of the productive workforce.