german → English transcript

Should I keep a respectful tone and contribute cultural commentary on politics?

It's already too late for a respectful tone.

We are faced here with social inequalities,

that are not changing.

I think we have to address people's frustration.

We have the concepts behind them.

Our wealth tax would be one percent starting at one million.

That won't hurt anyone.

From 50 million it should be five percent, and from one billion 12 percent.

They still have more than enough money.

Don't hold it against me if I don't have that much sympathy for them,

but rather orient myself toward single parents,

who work hard and have to supplement their income.

The pensioner I see who works shifts because it's not enough.

Those are the people I want to talk to.

I have to take a clear, firm stance and say,

If I want to give you relief, I have to get the money from where it is,

where it is.

But then the majority will get more of it.

So…

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