Germany has a dispute about money. The government plans a big tax change. A tax change is a new rule for taxes. Lars Klingbeil is a minister. He wants more taxes for top earners. Top earners have a lot of money. The money shall help poor people. Things are now very expensive. Klingbeil wants fairness for the land.
Friedrich Merz is the head of the CDU. He does not want higher taxes for rich people. He says: The burden is high now. People pay half their salary to the state. Jens Spahn has a plan too. He wants to cut subsidies. Subsidies are money from the state. All these payments shall sink by 5 percent.
Spahn wants to stop small help programs. This saves many billion Euros. The politicians meet in the chancellor office. They search for a solution. The inheritance tax is a topic too. The SPD wants to raise it. The Union says no. Everyone waits for a result.
