Basic land tax amount comprehension question

There has been a significant increase in social spending, especially due to refugees. Maintaining infrastructure is becoming increasingly expensive. And even though there has been childcare for a long time... in the past, fewer children were in care and for shorter periods. A continuous improvement is also expected in public transport, including the switch to electric buses, etc. And the tariff demands in the public sector also make things more expensive.

No, that is unfortunately all not true. The truth is rather that all generations since and including the Baby Boomers have rested on what was built during the economic miracle up until the 1970s. A large portion of bridges, highways, industrial facilities, including power plants, etc. originates from that time and is now irreparably dilapidated; with continuous maintenance, this could have been avoided in many cases. Isar 2 went into construction in 1971 and into operation in 1979. People lived off that until a few months ago...

And the truth is also that we have rested on the "peace dividend." A considerable part of the current costs also arises because Russia suddenly is no longer a friend, and we slowly have to revise our beloved tactic of outsourcing everything to the cheapest foreign countries. The Bundeswehr has to receive significantly more money again, etc.

Moreover, unfortunately, nobody listened to renowned institutes and resisted the energy transition for far too long.

By the way, the subsidy to the pension insurance now accounts for almost a quarter of the federal budget and continues to rise and rise and rise. Because people earn less and less, every simple, salaried craftsman is basically at risk of poverty in old age...

Oh yes... and the interest burden alone in the federal budget has risen from a few billion euros to almost 40 billion in 2024. Simply because interest rates have risen.

Refugees, daycare centers, etc. are nothing but distractions. Since the 80s, we have lived off the substance and beyond our means. Now suddenly everything has to happen all at once. Renovation, new construction, energy transition, keeping or bringing back industry to the country, not losing touch with future technologies (electromobility, batteries, AI, pharma, big data)...
And all of that with a youth that no longer wants to work, against a youth in Asia and South America that wants our prosperity and is willing to slave away 80 hours a week if necessary.

And all that with a youth that no longer feels like working

Apart from that, I agree with you. The "youth" can hardly be blamed at all for the current situation. These are consequences of the electoral decisions made by people currently aged 35-80, which cannot be blamed on the youth.

I agree with you on everything except that. The "youth" can hardly be blamed at all for the current situation. These are consequences of the voting decisions made by people currently aged 35-80, you can’t blame the youth for that.

The youth couldn’t do anything about the country being in ruins in 1945 either. That’s no excuse to sit idly by, quite the opposite. Now something has to be done so that we don’t completely lose ground.

Maybe it’s just like that in my environment, but I don’t think so, and of course we parents are not innocent either. I always feel ashamed when we’re running late and I have to drive the little one to school in the car, like what feels like 95% of helicopter parents who would love to drive their SUV right into the classroom...

In the last six months, three people under 30 quit at our company because they are interested in programming but not in commissioning the systems on site at the customer. We pay well. IG Metall, 35-hour week, now around 14 salaries, bonuses for overtime, travel time fully paid, company car included. Industry rarely exists right outside one’s doorstep, and in our field often not even in Germany... But it won’t work if everyone works or wants to work from home from 9 to 4:30 p.m. and walks around the garden with a headset on during the meeting planting flowers...

It won't work if everyone works or wants to work from home from 9 to 4:30 pm and walks around the garden with a headset on during the meeting, planting flowers...

Then you know the wrong people. The majority of "young" people today are just as willing to perform as the majority of the older generations. However, performance is delivered differently than before (required flexibility, digitalization, communication, networks, non-monetary benefits such as the possibility of a sabbatical, etc.). It is also extensively researched that there is no generational difference in willingness to perform (various studies - I found Schröder's from 2018 excellent) and, for example, a "Gen Z is lazy" is simply wrong.

Some people still seem not to have understood that there are differences between the federal government and the municipalities. The property tax is for the municipalities.