According to a report from German media group RND, federal Health Minister Nina Warken has prepared a draft bill that would have adults without children pay a higher percentage of taxes towards publicly-funded elder care.
According to a report from German media group RND, federal Health Minister Nina Warken has prepared a draft bill that would have adults without children pay a higher percentage of taxes towards publicly-funded elder care.
Lots of comments are missing one crucial point: The government assumes that every child will care for their parents and thus save costs. But this isn’t true any more as many children move away from their home town or break up with their parents.
In Germany you can’t “break up with your parents” except for extreme circumstances that involve the courts. If your parents can’t pay for their elder care and you make more than a certain not too high amount of money you are on the hook to pay for them
No that’s not what this is about. The government assumes that every child will pay taxes. Every less child born means a lesser future tax base for the future retired. In effect if you don’t have kids yourself you are relying on the taxes of other people’s kids to pay for your retirement.