Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Provided the interest rates do not rise any further.

Here you can find the answer from the ECB.

Of course, I am monitoring the further development. If the costs get too out of control, the project will be stopped before implementation. Now I am waiting for the first offers and how the contractors will justify their prices.

And that even though short-time work was implemented in 2022.

Not although...because. In our society, the understanding has been lost that one usually has to bear risks oneself, especially if one is economically capable of doing so. Whether it is the company with a year of poor capacity utilization (regardless of the question of whether one did not cause this oneself through complex supply chains) or the citizen at the gas station, the heating, and so on. From all sides, the state is called upon, which of course then gladly throws money at the problems and finances it through debt. Who can seriously still be surprised about inflation?

Not despite... but because. We have lost in society the understanding that one usually has to bear risks oneself, especially if one is economically capable of doing so. Whether it’s a company with a year of poor capacity utilization (regardless of the question of whether one has not caused it oneself through complex supply chains) or the citizen at the gas station, with heating, and so on. From all sides, the state is called upon, which of course then gladly throws money at the problems and finances it through debt. Who is still seriously surprised by inflation?

For what is deducted from me monthly, I expect a certain consideration... And in this case, that is support for a situation I did not cause myself....

For what is deducted from me monthly, I expect a certain return... And in this case, that is support for a situation I did not cause myself....

I rather believe wanted to criticize the "grabbing" of short-time work allowances (which has been abusively used on a large scale) by the big companies, not the benefit to the employees thereof - right?

I rather believe wanted to criticize the "grabbing" of the short-time work subsidies (which were abusively used on a large scale) by the big companies, not the benefit of the employees from the same - right?

Correct. As an ordoliberal, I have no fundamental problem with state interventions, but they must be targeted and truly necessary. Because the state can only intervene with money it has taken from someone else beforehand. As long as a company makes profits and distributes them, it has no need for state support.