Last night I was out with my girlfriends. We only bring up political topics when something really concerns us all. We are slowly starting to worry about what is happening in Germany. The government is spending money as if there were no tomorrow. Millions in taxpayer money are being handed out in every direction like Monopoly money.

We are slowly getting really worried. Especially in health care, so much money is being spent. For years that sector was starved of funding, and now the only motto is: "spend, spend, spend". We all agreed that if this keeps up, we will soon be looking at a national bankruptcy of Germany.

Before that happens, it is almost certain that various taxes will go up:

  • A VAT increase
  • Vehicle tax gets raised
  • Maybe even a new internet tax?

The government will have to come up with something, or we will soon see a national bankruptcy of Germany.

My mother says: no national bankruptcy of Germany

When I talk to my mother about it, she is convinced that there will be no national bankruptcy of Germany. She can't imagine it and believes that high tax revenues justify the high spending right now. My arguments didn't get through to her at all.

What I find alarming is the huge spending on COVID testing. As I heard it, a billion euros was spent on tests over the last three months. Last week alone there were 1.12 million tests. Of course, a lot of that has to do with people coming home from vacation. But who is going to pay for all of this? To me it can only end in a national bankruptcy of Germany.

I just worry. What happens if the crisis goes on for years? Will there be more restrictions, and will the government keep launching new aid programs?

I want my optimism to win out

I am generally an optimistic person and want to think positively. But is that perhaps naive? I do a lot of research online and read other people's opinions. There are so many virologists, and yet there are two camps. Then I read the reports from economic experts, and that is very unsettling again. A new digital currency is supposedly coming and cash is supposed to be abolished. How is that supposed to work? We would be totally monitored. A digital currency is not a positive sign.

I hope all of this is just speculation that won't actually become reality. In any case, we live in a time when we shouldn't go through life with our eyes closed. It is important to stay informed. The internet offers us so many options today. I also watch a lot of political talk shows to see many different points of view.

Let's hope for the best in the end!