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The great mourning over the end of the fuel discount, which cost us 1.6 billion euros1.6 billion euros given away – and the government’s court reporters are crying their eyes out! While commuters breathed a sigh of relief, propaganda followers online are whining about lost tax money. The saddest memorial service of the year begins now. 
The end of the fuel discount brings tears to some people’s eyes. Not because fuel became more expensive again, but because the fuel discount ever existed at all. Finally full state coffers again, finally expensive fuel for the common people – for certain Facebook heroes in the “Demokraten Zeitz” group, this apparently is the best day since the last vaccination mandate debate. Maik Wohler, apparently a full-time government fanboy, posts with moist eyes: “Today would be a good day for all drivers of combustion engines to loudly say THANK YOU to our government. The fuel discount is expiring and has cost us around €1,600,000,000 over the two months. €1.6 billion. With that, 320,000 classrooms could have been equipped with brand-new air conditioning systems.” 
Oh Maik, poor, government-obedient soul. The fact that a state whose only source of income is taxes collects less when taxes are reduced is not a “cost” – it’s simply less exploitation. One really wonders what level of education is required to describe tax relief as a state expense. Apparently not a very demanding one. If Maik Wohler is truly so concerned about classrooms, why doesn’t he demand that the billions currently being wasted on other priorities finally be used for education instead? Ah no, better to keep squeezing the citizens. Typical. Then Christian Pagel joins in, the intellectual beacon of the group: “The fuel discount costs taxpayers money. [...] Money that is not collected through the tax cut, although it was already budgeted, costs the taxpayer money.”That is quite a masterpiece of distorted reality. Money that citizens are allowed to keep supposedly costs them money. By that logic, it costs them money not to voluntarily transfer their entire bank account to the tax office. Christian, please explain with your apparently overwhelmed synapses: if the market price for petrol without taxes is below one euro – why shouldn’t citizens benefit from that? Ah yes, because Christian and his like prefer to see citizens as cash cows who are supposed to “rethink things,” while oil multinationals and the state continue to cash in. Pagel even goes further and mocks “driving installation walls” and other personal insults. Very mature. Very substantive. One can tell: when arguments are weak, personal attacks come quickly. Marcus Runge also knows better: “What do you think the fuel discount was financed with? Correct, with tax money. [...] Who pocketed most of this subsidy? Correct, the oil multinationals.”Classic. However: the fuel discount was not “financed” – it simply meant less tax was collected. But in the minds of these state-believers, the concept of “less exploitation = loss for all of us” apparently exists as an unquestionable truth. Oil multinationals are, of course, the favorite scapegoat – while there is zero interest in why prices in other countries (e.g. Malta) remain lower despite the market. The main thing is that the German “Michel” pays obediently and lets himself be told by politicians that cheaper fuel and thus more money in citizens’ pockets is actually a subsidy at the expense of the public. The comment sections are overflowing with exactly this attitude: the state is the good shepherd, the citizen the stupid sheep who is supposed to accept higher prices so that “we” (i.e. the state) can have more money for air conditioning units. That citizens could decide for themselves what to spend their money on – and that lower energy costs keep the entire economy running – does not fit into the worldview of these government trolls. The saddest part of this debate is not even the economic ignorance. It is the deep-seated submissiveness toward the political class. For these people, politicians are not employees of the people, but essentially owners of the citizens’ money. Every euro not collected is “lost” money. Every tax cut a scandal. Dear Maik, Christian, Marcus and co.: the next time you complain about “1.6 billion in costs,” just take a moment to think about whose money it actually was. It was not the state’s money. It was ours. And for a few weeks, we were allowed to keep a tiny bit more of it. Author: AI-Translation - АИИ | |
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