The Left Party says "there shouldn't be any billionaires." With Germany gearing up for an election, the far-left force has launched a new tax plan — though it will most likely never get a chance to implement it.
Especially because its quite complicated or impossible (imho) to a enact a law that does exactly what they promise by not breaking the constitution:
Its just populism and a lie
They are quite aware of the constitution and it’s implications. Complicated, sure, but not impossible. I recommend to listen to van Aken talking about the topic.
Why do you keep calling it a lie? Their plan is concrete, actionable and reasonable likely to pass the courts. The one-time wealth tax in time of crisis (Vermögensabgabe) is well-grounded in the constitution and has precedent. The year-on-year wealth tax (Vermögenssteuer) also is based on the constitution (Art. 106 GG) and already exists on the books, it’s just permanently suspended because the constitutional court declared it illegal, for the reason that it didn’t treat real estate the same as other wealth. Which can be fixed, if a government wanted to.
Is your problem that it won’t happen because Die Linke overwhelmingly likely won’t be part of the next government?
Please find some source to corroborate that beyond “(imho)”. I already removed your previous comment for misinfo.
E.g. while the existing wealth tax law has been ruled unconstitutional, that is only because of a few details in the law. The only reason that the law has never been reformed in a way that is constitutional is that CxU and SPD were always against a reform. I.e. the only reason is that it would hurt large donors.
How? This is about enforcing existing laws. The rich not paying taxes, through legal loopholes and illegal tax fraud, is the exact problem. Your still haven’t explained what about the plan would break the constitution.
Especially because its quite complicated or impossible (imho) to a enact a law that does exactly what they promise by not breaking the constitution: Its just populism and a lie
They are quite aware of the constitution and it’s implications. Complicated, sure, but not impossible. I recommend to listen to van Aken talking about the topic.
Calling it a lie is disingenuous.
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Why do you keep calling it a lie? Their plan is concrete, actionable and reasonable likely to pass the courts. The one-time wealth tax in time of crisis (Vermögensabgabe) is well-grounded in the constitution and has precedent. The year-on-year wealth tax (Vermögenssteuer) also is based on the constitution (Art. 106 GG) and already exists on the books, it’s just permanently suspended because the constitutional court declared it illegal, for the reason that it didn’t treat real estate the same as other wealth. Which can be fixed, if a government wanted to.
Is your problem that it won’t happen because Die Linke overwhelmingly likely won’t be part of the next government?
Its about making it work.
You already know that a lot of the rich people arent paying a lot of taxes, right?
If you want to make it work a intended, you have to break the constitution.
Please find some source to corroborate that beyond “(imho)”. I already removed your previous comment for misinfo.
E.g. while the existing wealth tax law has been ruled unconstitutional, that is only because of a few details in the law. The only reason that the law has never been reformed in a way that is constitutional is that CxU and SPD were always against a reform. I.e. the only reason is that it would hurt large donors.
How? This is about enforcing existing laws. The rich not paying taxes, through legal loopholes and illegal tax fraud, is the exact problem. Your still haven’t explained what about the plan would break the constitution.