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I am voluntarily legally insured. If free co-insurance for family members no longer applies, the only reason for me to continue to have voluntary statutory health insurance no longer exists. The highest contributors would switch to private health insurance. The financial holes in the GKV would become even bigger.

Worth seeing! Christian Lindner explains to SPD General Secretary how fuel prices can be reduced.

Just five minutes before Trump's announcement to stop attacks on Iran, there was reportedly massive trading activity in the market. In total, $1.5 billion worth of S&P 500 futures were purchased while $192 million worth of oil futures were sold. These orders were four to six times larger than any other at the time. The trader made huge profits. Opinions on this? Would this be prosecuted by BaFin in Germany?

Germany cannot afford high interest rates. And yet they are currently rising. It will be interesting to see how the government plans to get out of this situation. Even more debt seems like a simple solution at first, but ultimately only leads to more inflation, further rising interest rates and even higher interest costs.

Klingbeil wants to present an income tax reform that will relieve the burden on the middle. Especially income between 3,000 and 5,000 euros. Three problems with this: 1.) Anyone who earns 3,000 euros hardly pays any income tax. Here, social security contributions in particular depress the net. 2.) Klingbeil does not reach the relevant SPD target group, the industrial foremen with a collective agreement. He earns more than 5,000 euros gross. 3.) At the same time, you can be sure that the SPD will insist on higher taxes for the supposedly rich in return. So people from 80,000 euros gross.

The SPD used to be a left-wing, pragmatic workers' party. People like Schröder pushed through tough reforms. Even Siegmar Gabriel described the energy transition as the “biggest de-industrialization program in our history.” Then full-blooded socialists like Kühnert, Nahles, Klingbeil, Bas & Türmer took over. But no worker needs a socialist SPD. Some of the voters are dying. The other part of the (former) voters has long been with the AfD. Similar to the FDP, large parts of the party leadership have now moved so far away from the core values ​​that the party's abandonment is more likely than a substantive realignment including a turnaround. How do you see the whole thing?

I don't know any (former) FDP voter who would support this. However, I know a number of other people who think Strack-Zimmermann is great. But in elections they usually vote for the Greens.

The war in Iran will be decided on the bond markets.

According to BW, the FDP also loses the most votes in Rhineland-Palatinate to the CDU and AfD. This party could have been saved with a strong right-wing orientation.

The FDP is introducing citizens' money in the traffic lights, allowing the last nuclear power plants to be phased out, increasing the ticket tax, and also introducing the exit tax for ETFs. Volker Wissing (Ex-FDP, non-party): “The FDP has failed with its libertarian orientation.” Wow.

There is still good news. The Greens are thrown out of government in Rhineland-Palatinate. This reduces the number of green government participations in federal states to 6. At one point there were 12.

First forecast for Rhineland-Palatinate. The SPD loses the next election.

Shouldn't surprise anyone. If I wanted to go shopping in the next town, I would have to be prepared for the following: > 30 minutes drive > 2.20 euros for diesel > Traffic jam in the city > Central parking not possible > Parking garage costs 5 euros per hour > unpleasant cityscape > Carrying shopping bags long distances back to the car Even if everything in the store were perfect - which it often isn't - it would all be too complicated, too unpleasant and too expensive for me.

Inflation is rising, the ECB is raising interest rates, the economy is being hit by higher oil prices and higher interest rates. Not a good growth scenario for Europe.

There is no works council at Sixt. Three employees who wanted to change that have now been fired. The process is always the same in such cases: dismissal, labor court, severance pay. It costs money for employers (lawyers, severance payments), but prevents the formation of a works council. How do you see the whole thing? Smart move or no-go?

In Rhineland-Palatinate, Volker Wissing's FDP regional association will be elected from the state parliament today. Another state in which the self-proclaimed liberals will simply disappear from the political scene. With no prospect of returning.

RT by @sparbuchfeinde: 50 distributing ETFs Which one do you have? If necessary, a nice list to save with the bookmark at the bottom right.

Pinned: Your brother is building a house. Since you are doing very well financially, you would like to support him and transfer him 150,000 euros. Makes 26,000 euros in gift tax to the tax authorities. If you simply pay invoices for him or do not report the transfer to the tax office, this constitutes the criminal offense of tax evasion. Welcome to Germany.

Bitcoin back below 60,000 euros. Are you taking advantage of the weakness to buy again?

The SPD could be thrown out of the state parliament tomorrow and it wouldn't change anything. Merz and Klingbeil see this through to the bitter end. Personal CV > Party

You work, the state takes 42% of your wages. You need a car to get to work, the state takes 19% of the purchase price. The car needs fuel, the state taxes diesel at more than 100%. Anyone who goes to work in Germany is consistently punished. The high part-time rate is not a lifestyle decision, but rather politically caused. tax taxes.

What's stopping Uli Hoeneß from taking Lars Klingbeil aside at the next FC Bayern supervisory board meeting and telling him that structural reforms and tax cuts are really urgently needed?

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A young family with two children urgently needs more space, has saved enough equity and wants to fulfill their dream of owning their own home. Your budget for houses is 700,000 euros. 20% equity, with additional purchase costs, results in a loan of 615,000 euros. Monthly costs for the loan with interest rates rising from 3.6% to 4.2% and 1.5% repayment: Beginning of March: 2,613 euros End of March: 2,921 euros Net difference of more than 300 euros. In no time. Owning a home has become even more unaffordable for families in the last 3 weeks.

Right & important. We should finally be honest about the energy transition. It may be that the tenant finances the homeowner's return through high energy prices and taxes.

BREAKING: The Pentagon is sending up to 2,500 additional Marines and three more warships to the Middle East. Is the US preparing a ground invasion? 🤔

Bushido with blatant market timing and a hefty deal. Dubai villa sold to London doctor for “amazing profit” in October. Dubai property prices have since fallen by 30-40%.

DAX group is taking on 500 billion euros in new debt and plans to invest the money in infrastructure. After a year it turns out that 95% of the money was spent on higher salaries, severance pay and big company parties. In the private sector, this process constitutes the criminal offense of breach of trust. The supervisory board would be obliged to take legal action against the board of directors.

Follower with a perfect summary of the situation in German industry

In Poland, cars belonging to drunk drivers can be confiscated. A Ford Mustang GT (450 hp) has now been converted into a police car near Warsaw.

Definitely right-wing extremist if you critically question whether it is clever to entrust the finances to a qualified sociologist from a party with a debt fetish.

After the ÖRR sold me El Hotzo for years as a morally impeccable do-gooder, the next shocker is now coming out with ex-crime scene inspector Christian Ulmen. My world is collapsing. What if all the left-wing TV people aren't that clean as a human being? And most importantly, who will be next?

My humble opinion: Anyone who, as an actor or presenter, has directly or indirectly collected compulsory ÖRR fees has forfeited any right to speak morally about other people's money.

Frosta on offer. No joke, there's someone in front of me who loads up loads of the stuff into a huge thermobox. Up to what limit are these actually normal household quantities? 🤔

Robert Habeck: Signs gas deal with Qatar Qatar current: Infrastructure is blowing up, deliveries are stalling, prices are skyrocketing Greens unironically: “We could have had Habeck”

Oil prices another 5% higher today. Not good news for the German economy. The price shock in the supermarket is coming. Inflation is coming. At least one, if not two, rate hikes are coming. Building interest rates come to well over 4%.

Brent oil prices rise above $110/barrel. A new high since the outbreak of war in Iran. Fuel will become even more expensive.

I went to get gas today. Diesel for 2.18 euros a liter. 3 weeks ago the price was 1.65 euros. I am a commuter. No chance of working from home. Gas is a larger expense in my monthly budget. The tank filling cost 109 euros. Almost 30% more within a few weeks. Of the 109 euros on the bill, 65 euros go directly to the state. The situation in the gas station was therefore tense. Many customers with anger in their stomachs. But then the cashier informed us that everything is changing now. Prices may only be increased once a day. The government relieves us all. What a message! Spontaneous joy broke out, strangers hugged each other in relief. Everyone cried with joy. But I still had to pay 109 euros to fill the tank.