How much I loved blowing bubbles when I was a child. To this day, I am fascinated by how a boring mixture of dishwashing liquid and water can create such beautiful, colorful, shiny, perfect, elegant-looking transparent structures. As a child, I would have loved to capture every soap bubble and keep it forever.

But every time I tried, the illusory miraculous bodies would explode in my hands in a split second. All that was left was the boring mixture of water and dishwashing liquid from which they were created.

I quickly learned: soap bubbles are an illusion and too good to be true. Even today I see many soap bubbles in our society. Just not like the beautiful toy of my childhood. But in the form of bubble politics.

Green Youth loves moral exaggeration

For me, what Green Youth co-federal spokesperson Katharina Stolla preaches across the country is simply bubble politics and, in some cases, even the cycle path to poverty.

For example, recently on the talk show “Markus Lanz” he said: “The ones who don't build them are the big real estate companies.” And furthermore: “There is a lack of a million social housing units and the large real estate companies are building them.” 2,500 apartments every year. (…) Anyone who believes that large real estate companies will solve the housing shortage believes in Santa Claus.”

What Green Youth generally loves: moral exaltation. Young green politicians like to stand alongside us as teachers and tell us how we should live for what they believe is a better world. Where permitted, prohibitions should be enshrined in law. If things become constitutionally difficult, the regulations should be rerouted.

One of these deviations is the planning intervention of the State in the economy, that is, it determines what products are sold, how and at what price. This element of control is popular with politicians of all parties, and the Green Youth once again takes the crown.

Bubble policy also includes wealth tax

She would like to tell us in detail what we should consume and possess. Companies in Germany should also be guided by the state to only offer products and services that the Greens approve. And even if there is nothing intrinsically wrong with certain goods, they could dictate how they should be produced. In part it is also about regulating prices.

The Green Youth soap bubble policy also includes the wealth tax. This issue, which has in fact been shelved, is exciting the young greens. The tenor: finally take from the rich! And legal too!

At least that's what the Green Youth spokesperson says.

Unfortunately, behind this populist demand there are big constitutional problems and a huge problem of justice. For an estate tax to be fair, it must cover all of a person's assets. This also includes the owner-occupied apartment or house. This means that if you live in a condominium in a city like Munich, this address should be valued at a realistic market value, just like stocks.

The wealth tax is one of many soap bubbles

At current property prices, the tax limit (which would be between one and two million in a green-red government) would be exceeded quickly. From now on, a wealth tax of probably two percent will apply (requirements currently range from one to five percent). This means that many people with average incomes would also be fleeced.

The Green Youth likes to claim that they want to reach the millionaires and save the four walls of the citizens. But wouldn't it be blatantly unfair to give preference to home ownership? By the way, this is not legally correct either.

The Federal Constitutional Court ruled in 1995 that preferential treatment of real estate was not legal. The wealth tax is one of the many green youth soap bubbles that will burst in the Federal Constitutional Court or, if things get really bad, in the heads of citizens who “stupidly” have assets.

The work image of the Green Youth is sad

The Green Youth not only believes in wealth taxes, in a strong state instead of the private sector, but also in a minimum job performance for a happy society.

Co-federal spokesperson Katharina Stolla asked “Markus Lanz” for a four-day week with full salary compensation “because it doesn't work, because it makes you sick, because people are already working themselves to death.” The 20-hour week, as proposed by the Jusos, is also an option for the Green Youth. I simply find the image of the Green Youth's work sad.

Instead of sparking a passion in people to think innovatively about how to improve jobs, the simple answer is: less work. And that, when you are in your twenties, the Green Youth's demand for less work shows the crux of their political soap bubbles: they are nice to look at, but you can't eat or drink them, and you can't pay for anything. with them. And at some point they just burst. The only thing left is an ugly dishwasher stain.

Juventud Verde left my query unanswered

I would have liked to debate with the Green Youth, but unfortunately there was no response to my request. Who knows, maybe there will be a conversation at some point. Here at “Nena and the Other Opinion”, Young Greens are always welcome, despite their contrary opinions.

How do you perceive the demands of the Green Youth? If you would like to share your own opinion with me in the comments section, I would be very happy. Rest assured, I always read all your comments. Each. Weekly.

With this in mind: If you want, we'll read it again next Saturday.

Yours, Babe Brockhaus