Habeck's risky advance: uncertainty among speakers and voters!

Habeck's risky advance: uncertainty among speakers and voters!

confusion among ETF savers in Germany: Robert Habeck, the Chancellor candidate of the Greens, caused a sensation in the ARD program "Report from Berlin" when he suggested to submit income from capital gains in the future. "Why should work be higher than capital gains?" He provocatively put in the room. These statements, such as Berlin Live, reported immediately, especially in the run-up to the federal election. The fear of rising contributions in the coming years, especially after the latest increases, stir up under the voters.

The reactions from the opposition were not long in coming. Markus Söder from the CSU and Christian Lindner from the FDP accused Habeck of not only wanting to introduce higher taxes, but also to attack the savings of the population. However, the Greens themselves fail to invalidate the narrative - their statements seem unclear and little concrete. Green boss Felix Banaszak tries to calm down by assured that small savers are not affected, but could not provide any significant numbers, which only increases the slightly growing confusion. In addition, Bundestag Vice President Katrin Göring-Eckardt described the plans as measures that would only affect the super murvy.

a communicative misstep?

like Capital notes from the start was problematic. While capital income in Germany is tax -favored at 25 percent, employees are more stressed with social security contributions. But the assumption that higher many want to affect exactly these better earners could turn out to be a failure. In particular, since many potentially affected employees are above the contribution ceiling anyway. In addition, critics fear that these plans could hit the wrong groups, including resting people with a modest income that rely on capital gains. Another example of communicative misfortunes in an already critical election campaign.

Berlin Live