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Numerous accusations and demands on politicians came from visitors to the panel discussion organized by the district craftsmen's association in the Ludwig Thoma House.
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Around 80 entrepreneurs and self-employed people got rid of everything that concerns them at a panel discussion with the district craftsmen's association: anger about bureaucracy, frustration about taxes and energy prices and fear of the future.
The soul of the middle class is boiling.
Dachau - "Small businesses in focus - let's talk" was the motto of an invitation from Dachau's district master craftsman Ulrich Dachs to the three Bundestag members Katrin Staffler (CSU), Michael Schrodi (SPD) and, representing Beate Walter-Rosenheimer, the entrepreneur Christoph Lochmüller (Alliance 90/The Greens).
The panel discussion was moderated by Nikola Obermeier, editorial director of Dachauer Nachrichten.
According to Dachs, the idea came about during a visit to Berlin together with his Fürstenfeldbruck district master craftsman colleague Franz Höfelsauer.
On the podium: District master craftsman Ulrich Dachs, Bundestag member Michael Schrodi (SPD), DN editorial director Nikola Obermeier, Christoph Lochmüller, Green Party spokesman for the Ebersberg district association, and Bundestag member Katrin Staffler (CSU) (from left).
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“The unrest among the population is so great, you haven't even noticed,” said the Dachau district chairman of the Bavarian Farmers' Association, Simon Sedlmair, demonstrating how highly explosive this meeting of politicians and medium-sized businesses was.
In fact, things got really tough, from tears of despair and a lack of voice, for example from Raffael Diepold, the head master of the Dachau construction guild, to outbursts of anger like those from transport entrepreneur Josef Reischl.
Everything was respectful, but tough on the matter.
Numerous accusations and demands on politicians came from those attending the panel discussion
In response to the initial question to Dachs as to whether Germany is doing well, he said: “Germany is still doing well, but how do you achieve a trustworthy future?” The trust in the federal government and the courage of entrepreneurs and their employees due to a lack of planning security, constantly new and Frequently changing regulations and requirements are in danger of being completely lost.
“If nothing serious happens by June, it will be a little colder here.”
Raffael Diepold was more specific: “The construction industry has collapsed.” He denounced the bureaucracy, tax burdens, regulations regarding the choice of building materials - the federal government's lobbying for timber construction - before he talked about his concerns for the future.
“We medium-sized companies can’t just go to the competition or move abroad – and I don’t want that either!” Diepold said through tears and with a halting voice: “We will have to lay off our skilled workers.
This will give a significant boost to unemployment.” He tried to pin down Schrodi, the SPD member of the Bundestag and financial policy spokesman for his parliamentary group, specifically: “When the season ends on March 31st, what will you personally do for us?”
No connecting words from Michael Schrodi
Schrodi, who had no connecting, empathetic word for Diepold, tried to avoid it and referred to the huge changes that were coming.
In the USA, massive tax cuts by President Donald Trump only led to high share buybacks.
But the investment easing by successor Joe Biden would have brought the longed-for upswing.
The federal government wants something similar with its Growth Opportunities Act.
It is now important to boost social housing construction.
For Diepold the answer was just a “missing the topic”.
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Katrin Staffler was more self-critical.
The property tax suspension proposed by the Union alone will not save the construction industry.
The upheaval in the economy cannot be achieved by first taking away money and then pouring it out again.
“In Germany there has never been as much tax revenue as there is now.”
Deputy State Butcher Guild Master Werner Braun accused the federal government of not being able to handle the money.
The Green Christoph Lochmüller referred to the brutal development of property prices and the suddenly skyrocketing interest rates.
He defended the wooden construction, but received negative shouts from the audience.
Massive criticism of the bureaucracy
Project developer Hansjörg Tschan took aim at the excessive bureaucracy.
An investor was asked to describe exactly which floor coverings were used in his property tax return.
“Isn't it enough to ask whether the equipment is of high quality, medium or low quality?” District master craftsman Franz Höfelsauer, who used to have a bakery in Fürstenfeldbruck, took the same line.
He would have had to prove three times every day that the cooling devices in his company were at the correct temperature.
“I have the greatest interest in it being true.”
Medium-sized businesses are afraid of the future
Dachau's deputy district master craftsman and master baker Hans Wörmann took aim at the receipt requirement: “No customer wants a receipt.
But I still have to print it out.” To do this, he had to invest an extra 6,000 euros in digital cash registers.
“Not everything about the bureaucracy is wrong,” replied Schrodi.
It's about justice so that the honest person is not disadvantaged.
Braun criticized small entrepreneurs as being placed under general suspicion.
With reference to the premature end of the energy price brake and the reduced VAT rate for the catering industry, the state manager for the Bavarian butcher trade, Lars Bubnick, explained: “The trust of the entrepreneurs is gone!” Transport entrepreneur Reischl scolded politicians: “You are dividing society!”
While Schrodi said the situation was nowhere near as bad as the audience made it out to be, Lochmüller was very concerned.
He would tell Beate Walter-Rosenheimer how angry the visitors were.
Staffler would like the self-employed to have more freedom to make entrepreneurial decisions, because all entrepreneurs want to be successful - and if they are, so will our society.
Reinhard-Dietmar Sponder
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