Are you sure this is Germany? The author has their location set to 'Amsterdam' on GH, and has no impressum on their site.
FWIW, corporate taxes in Germany aren't 50%, but 15%. What is close to 50% is personal income tax + health care if you pass a certain threshold. However, even if you're running a just sole tradership (Freier Beruf or Gewerbe), this would only be your personal income - all business expenses are not counted towards your personal income tax base and you get the VAT you paid back.
Too bad that cost is levied on people who don’t even need or want those services. The rich, childless, houseless, and single are subsidizing services for everyone else regardless of whether they personally derive any benefit.
If that doesn’t strike you as unfair I’m not sure what would.
Unfair to me are situations where people die because they are unable to pay for their own needs like food and healthcare. I gladly pay 50% of my income for basic infrastructure, healthcare and welfare for everyone, and i still have more than enough money at the end of the month after all expenses like rent, food, entertainment, etc.
Without government assistance it would be very foolish to not have children, for most people at least. So this cuts both ways. If anything it is more than fair. Rich people avoid most of the taxes anyways also in Germany.
> As of 1 January 2008, Germany’s corporation tax rate is 15%. Counting both the solidarity surcharge (5.5% of corporation tax) and trade tax (averaging 14% as of 2008), tax on corporations in Germany is just below 30%.
You're paying income tax at the highest rate. The calculation in the linked document is about "business taxes". So subtracting just half of the money "because of taxes" is not correct as you'll probably not pay that much in taxes for a business.
FWIW, corporate taxes in Germany aren't 50%, but 15%. What is close to 50% is personal income tax + health care if you pass a certain threshold. However, even if you're running a just sole tradership (Freier Beruf or Gewerbe), this would only be your personal income - all business expenses are not counted towards your personal income tax base and you get the VAT you paid back.