A certain fascination seems to emanate from the supposedly imminent “popular uprising” that Annalena Baerbock flippantly prophesied.
Social politicians in particular, who are calling for a hot autumn of redistribution at the latest after the announcement of the gas levy, like to play with fire.
There is talk of the “Winter of Anger”, of the “Winter of Despair”, that is to say, of a popular uprising.
The traffic light coalition is once again under time pressure, and once again it faces a conflict that could not have been foreseen when the coalition agreement was being finalized.
There is no way around relief.
However, the SPD and the Greens will not be allowed to give priority to recipients of basic security.
They are better protected by subsidies for housing and heating costs than the people who are on wages and bread, but who can hardly make ends meet even in normal times.
Greens also appreciate the Porsche
The question is where the emergency ends and the additional burdens do not weigh too much.
The middle class, at least before elections, likes to be hailed as the pillar of society, and which is then usually counted among the “rich” after red-green election victories, has to ask itself: Can we pay for everything again?
In the coalition, the question is usually only heard by FDP politicians, but gradually also by the Greens, who really appreciate the Porsche - as an electric car, of course.
Finance Minister Lindner can therefore count on support for his billion-euro relief package.
However, the Greens and SPD will know how to seize the opportunity and, in return, demand a special burden for the “rich”, whoever that is.
What the coalition is failing again (like its predecessors) is the claim not to overtax the state.
Rather, it waives the VAT on the gas surcharge.
But where should the funds come from that then have to be redistributed?
For fear of anger, the traffic light invents the magic winter instead: the money then also comes out of the socket.