German Leftists Seek 100% Tax


Katja Kipping
(Berlin, Germany)

The new leader of Germany's socialist Left party has called for a 100 percent tax on any income above €40,000 a month, because beyond that point, "there's no additional life enjoyment anyway."

"No-one needs more than 40 times the minimum income," Left party leader Katja Kipping told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper, in a pre-release published Saturday.

"If there is any additional income beyond that, then it just goes into influencing political decisions through bribery – or destructive financial speculation," she said.

So the socialist nanny-state decides when you've made enough money. Kinda gives one a warm feeling, eh?