SPD Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz does not mince words when it comes to salary.
The finance minister has a proposal for people in his income bracket or “over there”.
During their first major TV exchange, the three candidates for chancellor from the CDU / CSU, SPD and Greens emphasized their differences. Tax policy was one of the most controversial topics in the triell of the candidate for chancellor. Armin Laschet attacked
Olaf Scholz
and Annalena Baerbock sharply - and accused them of increasing taxes "whenever you can".
Scholz was strictly against tax cuts.
"I am in favor of us balancing our tax system a little better by having people who are in my income bracket or above pay a little more, not that much," he said.
When asked, he confirmed that he
earns around 200,000 euros a year
.
The SPD candidate emphasized that the top tax rate, which applies relatively early today, should only apply later.
On the other hand, it should increase by three percentage points for those who have a very high income.
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Finance Minister Olaf Scholz gives his approximate salary
Even in advance, in an interview published in June, the
finance minister
had
stated
his salary in "Bild am Sonntag" as a
good 200,000 euros gross per year
.
"With my salary you are rich in Germany", Scholz had said in the interview at the time. He thinks it is right when someone with such a high income as himself pays more taxes.
Also
Baerbock
pleaded with the TV slugfest from August 29 - the oft-quoted Triell the chancellor candidate - that stronger shoulders should also be more stressed.
She called it deeply unfair that every fifth child in Germany lives in poverty.
Therefore, a basic child security is necessary.
The SPD is also in favor of basic child security.
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Tax policy is one of the most controversial topics at Kanzler-Triell
The tax increase ideas of the SPD and the Greens were "foolish",
Laschet
had
criticized
at the Chancellor Triell of
RTL
and
ntv
addressed to Scholz and Baerbock.
He was in favor of the complete abolition of the solidarity surcharge and a corporate tax rate similar to that in France, for example, so that German companies would not migrate to the domestic market.
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Sources: RTL, dpa, bild.de
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