Christian Miele explained using rough rounded numbers that the German gross domestic product is around 4,000 billion, while state expenditures amount to about 2,100 billion, or 52 percent of GDP. State revenues are among the highest in the world and are also around 2,100 billion, slightly below that, which is why there is a deficit. Miele said the problem lies on the expenditure side and not on the revenue side, even if revenues would soon become a topic as well. Without changes in expenditures, the problems would continue to grow. Whoever claims otherwise is lying and contributes to the fact that society remains in a "state of shock" and continues to decline, he wrote. #Staatsquote #Wirtschaft #Finanzen (translated)
