More and more middle class workers have to pay the top tax rate. But voices are heard that money is being wasted. What goes wrong here.
The middle class seems to be increasingly underdeveloped. After all, more and more workers have to pay the top tax rate of 42 percent that was previously intended for top earners. Half of the approximately 3.5 million payers are expected to earn 5,000 to 7,000 euros gross per month. This now also includes top workers who earn 1.5 times the average wage. For comparison: in 1965 it was 15 times the average salary.
Top tax rate for middle class workers - but money is not put into education?
But since the household budgets are full and a surplus of 50 billion euros was even achieved in 2019 *, the question arises whether the taxes for the middle class should not be reduced. This is now demanded by FDP party leader Christian Lindner and left-wing faction leader Dietmar Bartsch. "We should get skilled workers and middle-income people out of top taxation," Bartsch told the SZ. " We need a major tax reform that improves small and medium-sized incomes . Those who have less than € 7,100 gross per month should pay less *."
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Another source of fire for many is the education system in Germany. After all, the German middle school students in the Pisa study performed less well than other countries last year . Specifically, it is about the fields of reading skills, mathematics and natural sciences. German schools are lagging behind in a German comparison. Investments in technology in schools should nevertheless only flow slowly. This was the result of a survey conducted by Focus Online and the German Association of Cities and Municipalities. It is often due to bureaucratic hurdles and many schools should feel that the countries have let them down.
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Basic pension: Isn't the money enough to make a living?
In addition, negative interest rates are an increasingly serious problem in Germany. Shares * are currently a more lucrative investment alternative than company or Riester pensions *. But the Germans are rather skeptical of stocks and the Federal Government supports this by planning a tax on share purchases . The income from this is intended to finance the basic pension *. Although there is growing criticism because of the latter - there is great concern that in the end the pension will not be enough to make a living from it.
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