Special funds of the federal government: plugged holes

The federal government is using the special fund to solve its own problems instead of those of the country.

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The Union and the SPD have used expensive “special funds” to take on new debts in order to plug holes in the budget instead of investing additionally. Politicians promised to put the money into the future, but the reality is different. The government’s financial acrobats are using tricks and exceptions to the debt brake to give gifts to voters instead of making sustainable investments. The imbalance between transfers and investment remains, while urgent growth and freedom of action are needed. The planned distribution of the special fund does not appear to be suitable for growth, as important areas such as digitalization and artificial intelligence are neglected. The government’s financial policy is short-term and conflict-avoiding, while long-term investments and a balanced budget policy are urgently needed.

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Why do rulers do such things? Did the Union and the SPD really believe that no one would notice how they were using the expensive “special assets”, i.e. new ones? Debts evade? Now it turns out: you have 2025 above all Holes plugged in normal householdsas two leading German economic institutes independently discovered. Something different is promised and enshrined in the Basic Law: the funds should be spent additionally and not as a replacement for investments from the regular federal budget.