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2026-05-10 08:12:37

#Kurzgesagt has a new video about how Germany is doomed because of low birth rate and a soon to be defunct retirement system. So far so good but it's a bit concerning that they beat the "taxes are too high so people don't have children" drum and underscore it with this graph. But the tax rate based on income is a curve! Using a bar graph with 4 income brackets of different wi…

A bar graph captioned Income Tax Classes, Germany 2026. The x axis is yearly income in Euros and y axis is not labeled but depicts tax rate. There are 4 bars: no tax below 12000 Euros, 14-42% from 12000 to 70000 Euros, 42% until 277000 Euros and 45% above 277000 Euros.