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BSW on finance and taxes

From the program “A Fresh Start for Thuringia. So That Things Change. BSW State Election Program for Thuringia”

2024 Thuringia state election, September 1, 2024Original PDF, 60 pagesAnalyzed on October 2, 2026

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Placement on Finance and taxes

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Each axis measures one topic. There is no single "left" or "right" for everything here: economy, society, migration and security are kept apart. Only what the program says is placed. How to read the placement

  • Economybalanced (-0.3), from 3 points

    Points per step: 1 clearly more state, 0 leaning more state, 1 balanced, 1 leaning more market, 0 clearly more market

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Audit state finances and use state assets

The BSW wants a full audit of state finances and a review of the administration and state programs to see which are needed. At the same time, state assets such as land and museum collections should be used more to develop Thuringia.

The BSW wants to check how much money the state has. The administration should be reviewed too. State programs should be checked to see if they are needed. Land owned by the state should provide cheap energy. Art from museum storage should attract tourists.

The program points to a large backlog of maintenance and investment and high state debt. It wants to put finances on a solid footing and preserve room for maneuver for future generations. A revolving fund is to finance the economic transformation, and EU funds should be used mainly for this rather than for prestige projects. The more than 10 percent of state territory owned by the Free State should be used to provide affordable energy and raw materials. Cultural treasures held in museum storage should be put on display to draw tourists.

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„Um Vorschläge zur Finanzierung unserer Vorhaben erarbeiten zu können, brauchen wir einen Kassensturz und die strukturelle Prüfung der Landesverwaltung.“

Translation: To be able to draw up proposals for financing our plans, we need a full audit of the finances and a structural review of the state administration.

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Placement

  • Economybalanced

    The point combines a budget review and sound finances with a new state transformation fund, so it takes no clear side.

Reinstate a wealth tax on the super-rich

The BSW wants Thuringia to launch an initiative in the Bundesrat (the federal council of states) to bring back a wealth tax on multimillionaires and billionaires. The revenue would go to the states for education, hospitals and school buildings.

The BSW wants a tax on very large fortunes. This tax does not exist today. Only very rich people would pay it. Thuringia should propose it in the Bundesrat. The money should go to schools and hospitals.

The program cites a study by the Tax Justice Network. According to it, the state could take in 73 billion euros more per year if wealth taxes on the richest were raised to Swiss levels. The revenue would go to the states and should be spent on education, hospitals and sound school buildings.

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„Wir regen eine Bundesratsinitiative Thüringens für eine Wiedereinführung der Vermögenssteuer für Multimillionäre und Milliardäre an.“

Translation: We propose a Bundesrat initiative by Thuringia to reinstate the wealth tax for multimillionaires and billionaires.

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Placement

  • Economyclearly more state

    Reinstating a wealth tax introduces a levy on large fortunes that is not collected today.

Implement property tax reform without higher burdens

The BSW demands that the new property tax rules not raise overall revenue. Citizens should not end up paying more, in line with what the program says was promised politically.

The property tax is getting new rules. Owners of homes and land pay this tax. The BSW wants the state to collect no extra money from it. Citizens should not pay more.

The program calls for implementing the property tax reform in a revenue-neutral way. It refers to a political promise to that effect. Higher burdens for citizens should be ruled out.

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„Die Neuregelung der Grundsteuer muss – wie es politisch versprochen wurde – aufkommensneutral erfolgen.“

Translation: The new property tax rules must – as was politically promised – be revenue-neutral.

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Placement

  • Economyleaning more market

    The BSW explicitly defends the current tax level against a possible increase as part of the pending reform.

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