Relief only in the event of increases ?: Lindner criticizes red-green tax statements

Relief only in case of increases?
Lindner criticizes red-green tax statements

Tax policy is a sticking point in the coalition negotiations between the SPD, Greens and FDP. The chief liberal Lindner, however, rejects statements that relief could only be given if the taxes were increased elsewhere.

The FDP chairman Christian Lindner has criticized the SPD and the Greens for their statements on tax policy. It is “a myth that relief for the working middle class can only be financed with compensatory tax increases elsewhere,” said Lindner of “Bild am Sonntag”.

SPD Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz and Green leader Robert Habeck, among others, recently stated that tax relief for lower and middle incomes was not possible because the FDP refused to counter-finance the tax increase for top earners.

Lindner said: “The aim of strengthening the middle should not be the program of standstill.” It is now “reality that the SPD and the Greens, after their election campaigns for more redistribution, are ruling out the FDP’s demand for tax relief for everyone”. He added: “We have to accept that.”

Lindner rejects financing concerns of the SPD and the Greens: “The FDP expressly does not represent the coupling of relief here to tax increases there.” He emphasized: “New taxes on assets would weaken family businesses with millions of employees and ultimately damage our state’s financial base.”

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