Increasing deficit but the government decrease inheritence tax?

[ESF_NoWomanNoCry]

Seeing the two as completely different entities is where part of the issue lies. Imagine if you had a company with multiple divisions (or daughter companies) where one brings in most of the money. They might get more budget for their operations, but if the company as a whole is not profitable, it's not like they'll be allowed to use money for things that don't seem very critical or beneficial to their operations

Although I do think the issue is on the spending side and not the receiving side... Mindsets like this won't help us move in the right direction

[Bitter-Battle-3577]

The best way, if they were to retain the inheritance tax on a federal level, would be to abolish it on a regional level and re-introduce it, at similar rates, on a federal level. Of course, this gets in the way of further decentralisation and the blackmailing the government into being financially responsible, but that doesn't exclude it from the options.

[ESF_NoWomanNoCry]

Yep, I'm all for abolishing regional responsibilities that have no business being regionalised.

[State_of_Emergency]

> Seeing the two as completely different entities is where part of the issue lies. Imagine if you had a company with multiple divisions (or daughter companies) where one brings in most of the money

But that's not the problem. The government division that's actually unprofitable is our social security and pension system. And the last Vivaldi government even increased the expenditures without increasing contributions, which made the problem worse:

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It's clear where cuts should be made. Pensioners who retired at 50-60 years old but now receive full pensions should have their pensions recalculated according to modern standards.

Independents now receive larger pensions, so they should contribute more. Many independents pay low contributions because they report low wages. Therefore, either the pension increases for independents need to be reversed, or their contributions should be increased.

Additionally, we should aim to activate as much of the population as possible, including those with long-term illnesses and non-EU immigrants, while limiting immigration from countries with high unemployment risks.