A high earner complains: “Whoever earns well is inevitably the bad guy”

In Germany everything revolves around the socially disadvantaged. The “strong” are given too little attention. A well-earning t-online reader says: Appreciate us more! In the past few years I’ve silently acknowledged many a dig at the high earners, to whom according to statistics I belong in Germany, and at first even showed solidarity. For some time it seems but to have started a pure hunt against the “evil rich” politically and socially. Since you don’t read opinions, coupled with a personal insight into the real environment, either on talk shows or in the media, I would like to be the person who gives an opinion on all the clever demands and finger pointing opinions. About my personal environment : I am 45 years old and in a managerial position. I am married and have three non-biological children living in the household, one of whom is disabled. In addition, we own a semi-detached house with a small garden in a very classic way and round off the profile with our dog Anton. So far not really special, with the exception that our household income is over 200,000 euros gross per year.”Of course that’s a big sum”Of course that’s a big sum, but only ask one of the “accusing” mood makers how to do it an income and what you had to and must give up for it? In addition to the fact that as a very good earner in this country you have to pay the maximum rate of pension contributions, health insurance contributions and wage tax, we continue to give the solidarity surcharge – as if it were a matter of course In addition, as a non-biological father, there are other legal rules that count for me. Because even if I take care of the upbringing of the children, financially secure them, support them financially with their best possible education and feed them, nobody cares about the contributions to long-term care insurance. Here I count as childless and am treated like other families who unfortunately are biologically unable to bring children into the world – as if I had nothing to do with everything that happens every day at home. So I dutifully pay my solidarity maximum care allowance here too.”The price is high”But that’s not all: We are basically exempt from any state subsidies because of our gross income. However, the fact that up to this point I have paid thousands of euros more per month into the social security and state coffers than others seems to be completely self-evident income is. Because the votes from the politicians are never personally affected by all their “good ideas” for further burden sharing at the expense of high earners. It’s easy to judge others with a net income of more than 10,000 euros a month and a fat pension who keep the country running. Added to this is this subjective opinion making and polemics from the lower middle class, from which a few simply enjoy doing their own nothing and to defend their laziness by simply wanting to take something away from others without doing anything for it themselves.”Nothing comes from nothing”I realize how offensive that may sound. But isn’t it funny that it’s always the same breed of person in our society who, sitting on the couch all day, screams the loudest when it comes to demanding even more from the high earners? Strange that I have never heard such words from my hairdresser, who incidentally has to work day in and day out to make a living. For this reason, I am now clarifying the personal price of my income, because nothing comes from nothing. I did it trained as a car mechanic and worked in the profession for almost ten years. It wasn’t until I was 26 that I decided to study computer science – without having to take a vocational diploma or high school diploma, but instead taking a special entrance exam. Everyone, really everyone around me laughed at me, didn’t trust me and I lived with them for four years, an average of 14 hours a day, only with books. Isolated from the outside world, isolated from any state aid, since I already had an education. So the motto was: study and work at the same time. There was nothing more in my life.”I get the wages I’ve worked for”The reward for this was my graduation with grade 1 in computer science, from which the realization arose that commitment is rewarded – maybe not directly, but at some point.I work I’ve been in IT for thirteen years now and I’ve come a long way. Started as a poorly paid junior developer, continued as a group leader, then private further training in the areas of architecture and project management, to team leader and now department head. So up to this point I have invested 17 years of my life in continuous further training and learning to earn my salary today to receive what I have worked out – and that without having received even one cent in support.”For me there is no end of workday”But that’s not all. Of course, you earn well as a department head, but no one sees that this income is accompanied by 100 and more hours of overtime per month, that this is taxed at an almost maximum rate and that the solidarity surcharge also comes into play. The same goes for the amount of money and thus solidarity and social commitment that we shoulder more month after month than the rest of the country. In addition, there are no weekends, no real holidays and no regular closing time for me, everything plays a role doesn’t matter, because I’m a good earner. The fact that behind me and our family is still my wife, who works full-time herself, lovingly cares for and looks after three children every day, runs the entire household and also finds time to volunteer for disabled people, it doesn’t matter.” “Because anyone who earns well in this country is necessarily the bad guy and must be punished further. Shame on you! Therefore, ask yourself what you are willing to do and sacrifice and how fair you think it would be if your own additional effort should only be punished by more taxes? Where would we be if all the people who worked overtime hired them now? Where would we be with the shortage of skilled workers? Where would we stand as humans?