„Der Staat kann nur das als Wohltäter geben, was er als Übeltäter an Steuern nimmt.“
— Paul Kirchhof
Das Märchen vom reichen Land ist tot.
Deutschland: 53.485 $ Medianvermögen.
Letzter Platz.
Die mörderische Steuerlast enteignet den fleißigen Bürger systematisch. Der Staat plündert den Mittelstand aus wie eine Räuberbande und zerstört jeden Vermögensaufbau.
Quelle: UBS Global Wealth Report 2026
@mario_lochner In DE ist man doch schon mit 60k Topverdiener.... wahrscheinlich ist das für die unteren 3. Weltländer auch angemessen. In einem Industrieland wie den USA ist das 1/2 eines Einstiegsgehalts nach der Schule....
Wieder ein gebrochenes CDU-Wahlversprechen, noch mehr linke Umverteilung & Minimalkompromisse, die den Namen "Reform" nicht verdienen. Dass dies als "Durchbruch" verkauft wird, zeigt nur eins: Die völlige Reformunfähigkeit dieser Regierung. https://t.co/K2ppUsnLMN
@Orbit_Breaker@SawyerMerritt Are You telling me ur driving 400m without ever stopping even for a few minutes?
I always try to stop only for charging breaks and I can’t ever do it….
🇩🇪 Germany's Chancellor Merz is going after the country's sky-high sick-leave numbers, and plenty of businesses have wanted this for a while.
No more calling in sick by phone. Under the change, workers will need a doctor's note from the very first day out.
"We know this is a tough decision. But we can no longer afford this competitive disadvantage caused by prolonged absences from work."
Germany has some of the highest reported sick-leave rates in Europe, and the pitch is that a day-one certificate closes the door on the ones phoning it in.
Writer: Julie
Lol
0.1% is so HUUUUUUUGE
Germany pays 8-10x as much as the US.
Trump's $999B figure mixes up total US defense spending with actual NATO contributions. Direct US share to NATO common budgets: ~$750-800M/year (<0.1% of US defense budget). Germany pays a similar dollar amount — but ~8-10x more as a % of its own ($114B) defense budget.
🇺🇸 Trump just posted on Truth Social about Europe's failure to pay its fair share in NATO:
"The United States spends more money on NATO than any other country, by far, to protect them, without getting any benefit from so doing: U.S. 999 Billion Dollars, United Kingdom, 90.5 Billion Dollars, France, 66.5 Billion Dollars, Italy, 48.8 Billion Dollars, Poland, 44.3 Billion Dollars.
Others, including Germany, are MUCH LOWER. (2014-2025) Ridiculous!"
That's a warning that they'll soon be scrambling to defend against Russia alone if they don't cough up a lot more for joint defence.
Writer: Mhedi
Das grosse Reformpaket ther Regierung ist nix anderes als eine Steuerehöhung. Es wird nix besser and alles noch ein bischen schlimmer.
Genau das Gegenteil von dem was das Land braucht.
Dass die Deutschen sich so etwas gefallen lassen ist das eigentliche Problem.
Why is Tesla Robotaxi not scaling?
For about 2 Month, there has been no growth. Far different from the announced doubling every month story.
I can think of possible reasons:
1. The current version is not working unless supervised remotely.
2. It needs a new software version, like the next major update v15. This seems likely since Elon said that the public wont be unsupervised until that version.
3. HW4 is not good enough and we need v15 with HW5
Something seem off quite a bit, since cybercabs are being produced but not in any use and robotaxis not scaling at all and after 1 1/2 only 20 cars..... seems strange and like there is some fundamental technical wall or problem that needs to be solved.
On the FSD side of things, progress is also very slow. The latest version still cannot read signs and brakes the rules of the road often, ignoring signs like no turn on red, or misreading lights...... While the software is amazing and i cant live without it, it is very far away from being able to go door to door without interruption. While I can get out of my garage there is no chance it can even find my driveway.
It seems to me some fundamental intelligence level is missing.
Why is this not progressing?
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. The Iran regime is reeling after President Trump said “you won’t make it back to your F*CKING COUNTRY” if they close the Strait
Trump says the U.S. could TAKE OVER and TOLL it himself, plus take some of the oil! 🔥
“You close it and you won't have a country."
"We may take over the Strait, if we have to.”
“If they don't make a deal, we'll collect tolls."
DON’T SCREW WITH 47!
@TreyYingst
IRAN HAS OFFICIALLY RELEASED THE DETAILS OF THE MOU:
Here's the quick summary:
1. Immediate ceasefire
2. Non-aggression commitment: Both sides agree not to initiate future military action.
3. Final peace deal timeline: A comprehensive final agreement is to be negotiated within 60 days (extendable by mutual consent).
4. Naval blockade removal: The U.S. agrees to begin lifting its naval blockade immediately and fully remove it within 30 days.
5. Iran agrees to facilitate safe passage of commercial vessels through the Persian Gulf, Sea of Oman and Strait of Hormuz.
6. The U.S. commits to removing forces from the vicinity of Iran within 30 days after a final deal.
7. The U.S. and regional partners would develop a plan involving at least $300 billion for Iran's reconstruction and economic development.
8. The U.S. agrees to terminate sanctions against Iran.
9. Iran reaffirms it will not develop or acquire nuclear weapons.
10. Enriched uranium stockpiles would be addressed through an agreed mechanism under IAEA supervision.
Wow if this IRAN deal is signed the US accomplished nothing and Iran everything.
It looks like Iran kicked the USAs ass entirely.
Unbelievably. I did not think the US had lost this badly.
What in the actual fuck happened here and why would trump sign something like this?