What next? Selling children into slavery?

Germany Proposes “Youth Tax”

After failing to tax cow-farts and buying stolen data from Swiss banks to haunt t~~ax dodgers~~ (decent citizens) who tried to save a nest-egg away from a tyrannical, squandering and incompetent government, the German government is running on empty again.

As Margaret Thatcher said:

“Socialism ends when you run out of other peoples money”

Now they’re coming after the children:

Germany is proposing new taxes on the nation’s youth to pay for soaring pensions and bills for the nation’s ‘baby boomer’ generation.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported: (via GWP)

Germany Proposes Youth Tax to Pay for Baby Boomer Pensions and Bills

GERMANY is proposing to levy extra taxes on the young to pay for the costs of the country’s growing numbers of old people, under government plans for a ”demographic reserve” levy.

Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats have drafted proposals that, if law, would require all those over 25 to pay a proportion of their income to cushion Germany against a looming population crisis.

The German Chancellor’s ruling party is seeking extra sources of revenue to pay for soaring pensions and bills for social care costs as Germany’s ”baby boomer” generation ages amid a decline in the birth rate.
The proposals, to be adopted by Dr Merkel’s party cabinet after the Easter break, have not yet set a figure on the age tax but officials are considering a special levy of about 1 per cent of income.

Because of a slump in Germany’s population, as more ageing Germans retire there are fewer young workers to replace them as taxpayers to fund generous welfare and pension arrangements.

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DP111 April 7, 2012 at 10:40 pm: What about all those hundreds of billions of Euros, or was it trillions?Finished eh?

Poor Germans – feel pity for them. They worked hard, and now when they need it, they find that it has been stolen by EU politicians..
1389AD April 9, 2012 at 2:44 am: That will give them even more reason NOT to have more children, thus exacerbating the problem.

Paradoxical as it may seem, they can fix the problem through massive deregulation, phasing out the welfare state, and LOWERING taxes.