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Intelligence is still not equally distributed and in reality we are not promoting untalented children of the privileged, but rather untalented figures from the established parties to well-paid positions - like our Karl.

RT by @franke_media: I hope politicians hear and read these messages. Housing shortages, locked-in syndrome and declining construction activity are responsible for falling birth rates. When will housing construction get the priority it needs? When will politicians stop punishing landlords?

The “energy price shock” in pictures. Diesel prices of EUR 2.00 per liter are still below the highs from 2022, despite the higher CO tax in the meantime, about which there were of course no critical posts from the institute economist, because the “right people” were in charge back then.

Price shock according to the Greens - no, not the peak from 2022, but the current increase, which catapults the gas price to such lofty heights as were last reached a year ago and at the end of 2023. For narrow-gauge intellectuals like Michael Bloss it is clear: our economics minister bears responsibility for this. According to this interpretation, Robert Habeck would also personally be blamed for gas prices that were more than six times higher in August 2022.

RT by @franke_media: The cost of crude oil only accounts for around 25%, a quarter of the price at the pump. #Servicetweet

RT by @franke_media: The SPD, as a member of the federal government, is working on new taxes. A “health tax” is expected to bring 36.7 billion euros into the coffers. @schuermannchris has written down what could be hidden behind it and what threatens investors and landlords. https://www.flossbachvonstorch-researchinstitute.com/de/alle/detail/unhealthy-levies?&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=de.tw.me.brand.kommentare.&utm_term=260304

Last week, the ECB reduced its balance sheet total by a further 0.12 percent or 7.673 billion euros. Since the beginning of the year, we have now recorded a decline in total assets of 1.50 percent or 94.672 billion euros. Our look at the development of the ECB's balance sheet total over time at https://www.tagesgeldvergleich.net/statistics/balancesums-der-zentralbanken.html#ezb shows the loose monetary policy during Corona and the ongoing consolidation thereof: Since 2024: -10.22% (-EUR 708.706 billion) Since 2023: -21.73% (-1,729.014 billion EUR) Since 2022: -27.31% (-EUR 2,339.589 billion) Since 2020: +33.51% (+1,562.746 billion EUR) Our weekly analysis shows: in the 323 weeks since the beginning of 2020, there were 151 weeks with shrinking assets but 172 weeks with growing balance sheet totals. It's nice to see the massive expansion at the beginning of the corona crisis and the declines from the end of 2022.

Jan van Aken - stupid to the point of prosperity, because without those up there there would be no money for those down there, even if the salon communist, who has never had to experience socialism live (or was allowed to from his point of view) of course sees it differently.

There's something to it: "Public contracts in the EU add up to over two trillion euros annually. If only CO₂ criteria apply to this huge demand, but no resilience criteria, the EU is clearly strengthening non-European providers - and weakening those companies that invest enormous effort in climate-friendly production here."

To put it into perspective: the basis for the shutdown of the first nuclear power plants was laid under Jürgen Trittin as Federal Environment Minister in 2001 with the amendment to the Atomic Energy Act - one of the most important projects of the red/green coalition from 1998 to 2002: https://www.bundestag.de/webarchiv/textarchiv/2012/38640342_kw16_kalender_atomaustieg-208324 Fun fact: The PDS - predecessor of today's Die Linke faction - did not exit quickly enough.

RT by @franke_media: "The cookie jar will be canceled, social spending will remain untouched. Municipal budget consolidation in Germany is like losing weight by shaving your eyebrows." Word.

RT by @franke_media: True, but the Greens are missing from the list. The increase in the CO₂ tax (national CO₂ price) is actually due to decisions made by the traffic light coalition (SPD, Greens, FDP) - it continued and accelerated the plan of the GroKo (which started in 2021 with 25 €/t). The Greens (under Habeck) pushed through the nuclear phase-out in 2023 - the last three nuclear power plants went offline. Critics (especially from the CDU/CSU, FDP, AfD) accuse the Greens of making Germany more dependent on gas (as a bridging technology) and exacerbating the current vulnerability to gas price shocks.

RT by @franke_media: Wow. The Chinese should actually do that now, because most of the oil is for them. Unfortunately, you could then learn a lot about their air defense systems. La, la, la 😇

RT by @franke_media: That's Ali Larijani at the bottom in 1977, in his late 20s, as a terrorist against the Shah's regime. He was the architect of the massacre of more than 30,000 demonstrators in January 2026 - now he is the new ruler in Iran. And here 👇 you can see clearly who his allies in 🇩🇪 are.

𝗭𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗳ü𝗿 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼- 𝘂𝗻𝗱 Wow Great value for money 𝗷𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻 Wow Our monthly look at the interest rate development of all the banks and intermediaries we evaluate at https://www.kreditvergleich.net/statistics/zinsentwicklung-bei-krediten/ shows that consumers have not yet been able to benefit from falling interest rates on either car or personal loans: For personal loans, 2/3 interest rates, as interest actually paid by at least two-thirds of all borrowers, were down one basis point month-on-month at 7.46 percent per annum as of March 1, 2026, but were 35 basis points, or 4.92 percent, higher than the same month last year, marking the 46th consecutive month in which 2/3 interest rates increased compared to the same month last year. The advertising interest rates, which are the average minimum borrowing interest rates and are often hung in the shop window by banks, which is where the name shop window interest comes from, increased by one basis point compared to the previous month and by 19 basis points or 5.22 percent compared to the same month last year. In the case of the car loans evaluated by our editorial team, in February 2026 the 2/3 interest rates, the interest actually paid by at least two thirds of all borrowers, were unchanged compared to the previous month, as were the advertising interest rates as the minimum interest rates with which banks advertise for new customers. Compared to the same month last year, both interest rates increased by 4.45 and 6.61 percent, respectively. Here too, the 2/3 interest rates have been rising compared to the same month last year for 46 months in a row.

Short reminder: it is March 2026 and the unnecessary, anti-market and harmful energy efficiency law of the traffic light and in particular Robert Habeck has still not been passed, which is really surprising given the situation: "This brings us very close to a legally backed zero or degrowth policy and the prospect of a scarcity economy. And given the higher GHG intensity in production in many other countries, a shift in production out of Germany is necessary also not very effective in terms of climate policy." https://www.wirtschaftsdienst.eu/content/jahr/2024/heft/8/beiktion/das-energiesicherheitgesetz-ueberfl-uessig-marktgegen-und-schaedlich.html

Energy policy by Robert Habeck

The Stuttgarter Zeitung with an article from a qualified source. The author "studied Catholic theology in Münster, Bochum and Bogotá (Colombia) and during his doctorate in theology communication sciences in Münster." and must therefore know.

"Quitting your studies to start a company is only possible if your parents are rich enough to continue to support you." Which is of course total bullshit. And if you start a company in a garage, Germany has the garage and parking space regulations of the respective federal state, which can result in a fine for misuse.

Now, you journalism malinger freaks? Even with the limited cognitive abilities of Annika Joeres, it should be possible to recognize that nothing works in Germany without burning something or without fossil fuels: https://www.bdew.de/media/documents/Die_Energiebedarf_2025_FINAL_2025_12_17_1.pdf

Internal security, which is slowly but surely slipping into anarchy, is also a result of the politics of the last few years.

61.1 percent of the price of gasoline consists of taxes and duties. At 2 euros per liter, costs and profits are only 78 cents.

Our monthly look at the interest rate structures on the bond market in Germany and the USA at https://www.tagesgeldvergleich.net/statistics/zinsstrukturkurven.html shows: In the USA, as of March 2, 2026, the yield curve is inverted up to and including three years (interest rates for longer terms are lower than those for shorter terms). The spread between long-term and short-term interest rates (30 years versus three months) is 0.96 percentage points. In Germany, the yield curve is only minimally inverted between six and twelve months and between two and three years, the interest rates for all other terms rise across the terms and the spread is around 43 percent larger at 1.37 percentage points. On the other hand, the interest rate level in the USA is 1.26 to 1.72 percentage points higher because the Federal Reserve keeps its key interest rate significantly higher than the ECB.

RT by @franke_media: Always remember that too, dear socialists. Not only profit, but also loss is borne. 🤡

RT by @franke_media: Repost if taxes are still robbery. @KraZMagazine

What the author means: when Habeck had the last nuclear power plants shut down, installed his party colleague as head of the Federal Network Agency, who is responsible for overseeing the gas storage facilities, and handed the latter over to his successor with record low filling levels, everything was fine for the Greens.

What Ms. Dröge does not understand (among many other things that she is incapable of understanding): if an investment is only worthwhile because of a permanent subsidy, it is bullshit for the overall economy. And the profitability of a rooftop PV certainly does not depend on a feed-in tariff of 6-7 cents/kWh or is that not the business case for installing such a system.

Goodbye to restrictive monetary policy? At 17.412 trillion euros, the cumulative balance sheet total of the world's five most important central banks (Federal Reserve, ECB, Bank of England, Swiss National Bank and Bank of Japan), converted into EUR, was above that of the previous month for the first time since October 2024 (+1.31 percent) in January 2026, according to our calculations on https://www.tagesgeldvergleich.net/statistics/balance-sums-der-zentralbanken.html#cumulated. However, compared to the same month last year, the decline in total assets was still 10.58 percent. Our time series of changes in cumulative balance sheet totals compared to the same month last year show the wave-like movements from easing and tightening of monetary policy and the shrinkage in balance sheet totals that has been ongoing for almost three years.

To put it into perspective: Reiche exploits the energy policy of the children's book author, who wanted to play the role of economics minister and, in the midst of an energy crisis, had the last nuclear power plants shut down against his better judgment so as not to endanger the life's work of Trittin and Co.

Would-be politicians like Andreas Audretsch, who not only lack any moral compass or decency, but who lie without blushing so that the bars are bending, are one of the problems in the current political circus. It was a matter close to the heart of the Greens to shut down all nuclear power plants in Germany. The fact that more other energy sources are then needed to support the volatile renewable energy production or to counteract its non-production should be clear even to this lay actor, who is completely intellectually and morally gutted.

RT by @franke_media: But it wasn't China that destroyed the industrial base in Germany, but the Germans themselves. The ÖRR bears a lot of responsibility here, as it regularly spreads disinformation and engages in fearmongering instead of educating viewers factually.

Through collective action law, politicians outsource unpleasant decisions to associations and the courts - including those they promote. If these decisions are met with dissatisfaction among voters, they can point the finger at the “culprits” and wash their own hands innocence. Therefore: the right of collective action should be abolished and immediately.

RT by @franke_media: I can confirm almost everything. The documentation requirements for the subsidies, the surcharge that craftsmen take on the prices, this subsidyitis creates huge deadweight effects, the subsidy is immediately skimmed off. In the end, the advantage for the owner is virtually zero.

RT von @franke_media: .@JMilei: „Die Linken können mir nicht applaudieren, weil ihre Hände in den Taschen anderer Leute stecken!“ 🫳🏼 🎤 #VLLC https://x.com/nnairob/status/2028461603482370071/video/1

The interest rate peak for overnight and fixed-term deposits has been exceeded since the end of November 2023 for fixed-term deposits and the beginning of the second quarter of 2024 for overnight deposits. Since then, the interest rates for daily money have fallen by 31.88 percent on average or 19.81 percent at the peak and for fixed-term deposits by 22.47 to 39.58 percent per year on average and by 33.33 to 39.00 percent per year at the peak of all offers we evaluated: https://www.tagesgeldvergleich.net/veroeffentlichungen/marktanalyse.html#zinsgipfel

RT by @franke_media: "That will be a well-informed decision." There was a saying in the GDR: "The comrades will have thought something of it." However, it was meant ironically. Maja Göpel actually wants to educate citizens not to question degrowth social restructuring plans.

With the daily money from Advanzia Bank from Luxembourg (country rating AAA), the interest rates for new customers rise from 2.80 to 3.10 percent per year - guaranteed for three months. In combination with the current connection and existing customer interest rate of 1.50 percent per year, this results in a new 12-month return of 1.90 percent. In our editorial test on https://www.tagesgeldvergleich.net/tagesgeldvergleich/advanzia-bank-tagesgeld.html we award 4.75/5.00 points for interest and conditions and 4.10/5.00 points in the overall rating.

Great value 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿 𝘂𝗺 𝗯𝗶𝘀 𝘇𝘂 𝟵,𝟵𝟳 Great When it comes to fixed-term deposits, the changes in the average interest rates of all banks compared by our editorial team in their market analysis on https://www.tagesgeldvergleich.net/veroeffentlichungen/marktanalyse.html as of March 1, 2026 compared to the previous month were between -1.05 percent for a six-month term and +1.66 percent for a ten-year term. The best interest rates for each term were unchanged across all terms compared to the previous month or increased between 1.82 percent for a one-year term and 9.97 percent for a three-year term. Over a 12-month period, the range of changes in the average interest rates of all banks is between -12.90 percent for a six-month term and +9.38 percent for a ten-year term. For the best banks for each term, the range of interest rate changes was between -10.29 percent for a ten-year term and +11.89 percent for a three-year term.

𝗧𝗼𝗽-𝗭𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘂𝗳𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝗳 Great value for money In February 2026, interest rates on overnight money increased on average for all banks evaluated by our editorial team at https://www.tagesgeldvergleich.net/veroeffentlichungen/marktanalyse.html for the sixth month in a row compared to the previous month, this time by one basis point to 1.78 percent per year. The average interest rates of the top five banks rose by a further 14 basis points to 3.23 percent per year compared to the previous month, putting them back above the three percent mark for the fourth month in a row since May 2025. This means that the best banks offer around 81 percent higher interest rates than the average of all offers evaluated by our editorial team.

RT by @franke_media: No. The attack on Iran is neither arbitrary nor tyrannical. A tyrannical regime is being attacked that has been destabilizing the entire region for decades and that could become an existential threat to Israel. 1/