The left at “Caren Miosga”: Brakes for billionaires

It’s a bit funny. Heidi Reichinnek, co-parliamentary group leader of the left, sits with moderator Caren Miosga and then you have to clarify: How was that in the GDR, was that a good system? Dem star I finally said in the interview that she had not experienced any real socialism. Reichinnek defends: she said that the GDR socialism was not the one that its party would imagine, namely a democratic socialism that picks the raisins out, with good public transport, great childcare and public services, for example.

So a left one has invited and asked her the question: Do you find that really good, this left, the socialist idea, in the end maybe Marx? Then: and capitalism do you find stupid? The left answers: “Children live in poverty, pensioners collect deposit bottles, people can no longer afford and warm meals – and all of this under capitalism.” And the classic shouldn’t be missing either: with Putin you should simply talk about the end of the Ukraine secretary instead of delivering weapons?

Heidi Reichinnek, black dress, bright red lipstick, speaks very quickly. You can read that anywhere. You can do that too “Caren Miosga” hear. Right at the beginning, the left-wing chair asks to slow her if the words should go through with her. However, it is slowed down not because of speed, but for billionaires. It is no secret that the left would like to tax so -called super -rich taxes. Miosga shows a few clips from social networks in which Reichinnek appeals exactly that. “Ms. Reichinnek, all people with great assets have not developed this assets, are they sure?”asks Miosga. She looks worried.

“Three quarters of assets in Germany are inherited”sagt Reichinnek. The question is how to get to a billion, that is not a personal contribution. Otherwise, every nurse, every cleaning staff, would be a billionaire, because what they do is impressive. The problem is: work is taxed more than wealth in Germany. “That’s an unborn”she says. “You have to go there.”

Here you breed together above the question of whether left -wing politics “ours” Endangered prosperity. Later the “Table Media”-Can editor Michael Bröckner spread his thesis, according to which a wealth tax has a demotivating effect on entrepreneurs, then nobody wants to achieve anything anymore. The economist Philippa Sigl-bells again points out that those who want to make it in Germany should best have parents who have already made it, because there is little mobility up there.

Miosga asks whether it is not populist to say that all billionaires are criminal. “I find it totally interesting that we are currently leading a debate about poor billionaires, to which everyone is so mean, while for months and years on citizens’ papers, migrants have been beaten up on it”replies Reichinnek.

Miosga hooks up: That’s why it’s not about language. If Merz says that all migrants are lazy, then called him Reichinnek a populist while saying that all billionaires are Schmarozer.

“”replies Reichinnek. It was only fair if they participated in the financing of our society. But you can’t stay in the tone? Asks Miosga. “It is slowly too late for respectful tone.”

The wealth tax should be one percent from one million one percent, from 50 million five percent, from one billion twelve percent, explains Reichinnek. “They still have more than enough money.” “Do not take it bad if I don’t feel so much for them and prefer to orientate myself to single parents who work hard and still have to increase, the pensioner who still shifts layers because it is simply not enough – these are the people, of and for whom I want to talk.” If she wanted to relieve it, she had to pull a clear edge and get the money where it was. “But then at least the majority have more of it.”

In the end you have no gain in knowledge, but it is nice to have heard again that left -wing links are that there are still liberals like Michael Bröckner who let a nostalgic touch of FDP blow through television, and that Heidi Reichinnek can speak very quickly.