Greenpeace Study: An Ecological Wealth Tax Could Bring Munich Around 240 Million Euros Annually
An ecological wealth tax could bring Munich around 240 million euros annually and thereby resolve shortfalls in schools, transport, climate-neutral buildings, and social housing.
According to a sample calculation, Munich could use around 81 million euros annually for schools and kindergartens, 60 million euros for the Climate-Neutral Buildings funding programme, and around 86 million euros for social housing.
The text describes concrete financial shortfalls in Munich, for example in school construction, transport, and housing. It refers to a Greenpeace study that proposes an ecological wealth tax as a funding instrument. According to the study, the city could generate around 240 million euros in additional revenue annually. Schools and kindergartens, climate-neutral buildings, and social housing are to benefit from this. The MVG could also be relieved by 14 million euros. The argumentation links current municipal austerity pressures with a political funding proposal. The text is directed at the public and at political decision-makers. It contains no religious or eschatological references.
Worldview
what this means- What, according to this text, is the root of the evil?
- Exploitation, oppression, unequal conditions
- Where does the evil reside?
- in the economy, politics, or social structures
- What helps against it?
- just social or political conditions
- What is human being according to this text?
- self-determined, the author of one's own actions
- Where is history heading?
- it is getting better, development towards the good
- What does the text base its claim on?
- on argument, logic, science
- To whom does the text's call for devotion apply?
- to every human being, regardless of faith
- Where is the text's criticism directed?
- at others, at society, at other groups
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predigt
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What the text calls for
- eine ökologische Vermögensteuer einführen (social)
- Mittel für Schulen, Kitas und Wohnungsbau bereitstellen (social)
Measured
- Basic stance
- 1 from -2 to 2
- Insistence
- 2 of 3
- Reach
- 4 of 5
- Concreteness
- 3 of 3
- Boundary
- 0 of 3
- Time
- past 0, present 3, future 2