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VAT is like a shadow over every purchase, electricity bill and service contract. Especially for low-income households, this shadow becomes an ever-growing threat, which not only affects financially... [...]

What once happened through feudal power, personal dependence and open land robbery is shown in a technocratically disguised form today: as a seemingly legitimate claim for fees, as a tax burden, as a contribution to infrastructure or development. The language has changed... [...]

Anyone who soberly looks at political reality quickly encounters an unpleasant imbalance: while MPs move in a comfortable special role, independent and employees fight every day with a state that solemnly conjures up their rights, but... [...]

The official depiction of a problem that many experience firsthand is a shameless act of disguise. While the majority of the living environment is groaning under the pressure of rapid price increases, the statisticians paint a harmless picture that, above all, ... [...]

In many modern states, the balance between security and freedom shifts quietly but steadily. What was once considered an exception is now normality: assets are frozen, property confiscated, accounts blocked - not due to proven guilt,... [...]

Conscription was historically never just a military issue, but always an instrument that weakened large parts of the population economically. In earlier times, men left their farms, workshops and families for long working hours, often against... [...]

The purchase of data from the gray market to collect taxes raises fundamental questions about the credibility of governmental action. When authorities knowingly acquire information whose origin is doubtful or even illegal, leave... [...]

The deeper a society slips into the economic crisis, the louder the call for departure becomes. Whoever still has the power and the courage to reorganize his life seeks salvation in... [...]

The statutory long-term care insurance was once introduced as the second pillar of social security with great pomp and sold as reliable protection against the existence-threatening costs of a need for care. For decades, employees and employers have been and will... [...]