Leftist Germany’s Tax Madness: The ‘Sun Tax’ and the Deliberate Sabotage of Europe’s Economic Powerhouse

In a viral video clip posted above , a frustrated woman breaks down the absurdity of Germany’s latest fiscal fiasco: the so-called “Sun Tax.” “First, Germany made everyone go solar and now they are taxing the freaking sun,” she exclaims, detailing how the leftist government lured citizens into installing solar panels with generous incentives, only to slap them with taxes on the very energy they produce. “You’re not only paying rain tax in Germany. Now you have to pay sun tax too,” she adds, highlighting the rain tax on stormwater runoff and CO2 taxes on breathing out emissions. This isn’t just bureaucratic bungling—it’s a symptom of a radical green agenda that’s taxing Germany into oblivion, crippling its once-mighty economy, and raising suspicions of a deliberate plot to dismantle national sovereignty under the guise of “climate protection.”The “Sun Tax,” officially part of Germany’s Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), imposes a levy on self-consumed electricity from solar installations over 10 kilowatts. What started as a push to make rooftops mini power plants—complete with tax breaks, subsidies, and feed-in tariffs—has morphed into a punitive regime where homeowners pay for harnessing free sunlight. As the woman in the video notes, “They found a way to tax sunlight.” This flip-flop exemplifies the hypocrisy of Germany’s leftist coalition, dominated by the Social Democrats and Greens, who champion renewables while burdening citizens with ever-higher costs to fund their utopian fantasies.

GERMANY: Why is the west hell bent on destroying itself? Over the last decade China has increased electricity production by 70% while production in Germany has declined by 10%. Germany has taken all of its nuclear power plants offline and must import the bulk of its energy.

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Conservatives have long warned that such policies aren’t about saving the planet; they’re about control and revenue extraction, turning productive Germans into cash cows for bloated government programs. This energy tax insanity is just the tip of the iceberg. Germany’s overall taxation regime, fueled by leftist overreach, is suffocating the economy. Electricity prices have skyrocketed due to the phase-out of reliable nuclear and fossil fuels in favor of intermittent wind and solar, forcing consumers to pay the highest energy bills in Europe. The EEG surcharge alone adds billions to household bills, subsidizing green energy at the expense of everyday workers. Add in the CO2 tax, which started at 25 euros per tonne and is set to rise, and Germans are effectively taxed for heating their homes, driving their cars, and now even generating their own power. It’s no wonder the nation is facing deindustrialization: iconic companies like BASF and Volkswagen are slashing jobs and relocating abroad, unable to compete with sky-high energy costs and punitive regulations.

From a conservative perspective, this looks like self-sabotage orchestrated by globalist elites. Germany’s “Energiewende” (energy transition), spearheaded by former Chancellor Angela Merkel and amplified by the current left-wing government, has cost taxpayers over €1.5 trillion—with little to show but blackouts, shortages, and economic stagnation. The pivot to unreliable renewables has left the country dependent on foreign imports, including from authoritarian regimes, while domestic production plummets. As one analysis puts it, “Germans are getting mugged by the reality of green energy,” with soaring prices and unreliable supply hammering households and businesses alike. Unemployment is rising, tax revenues are falling, and the federal budget is spiraling into debt—all while the government plows more money into subsidies that exceed 4% of GDP just to mitigate energy price shocks. The numbers are damning. Germany’s economy, once the envy of Europe, is in free fall: manufacturing output has declined for three straight years, investment is fleeing at a rate of €67 billion annually, and growth forecasts are slashed amid recession fears.

Collapse of a Sham Economy. Germany is being hit by a wave of insolvencies. Now in the third year of a prolonged recession, the economic situation is more alarming than during the 2009 financial crisis. – ZeroHedge

High labor costs, compounded by energy taxes, make it uncompetitive—why build in Berlin when you can operate cheaper in Texas or Asia? The leftist obsession with net-zero has shut down nuclear plants, once a clean, reliable backbone, in a “suicide mission” that ignores the global nuclear renaissance elsewhere. Meanwhile, Europe’s broader fiscal crisis shows that hiking taxes, as Germany has done, damages growth far more than spending cuts ever could. It almost seems intentional. Conservatives argue this is part of a larger Deep State agenda to weaken Western economies, making nations dependent on international bodies like the EU and UN. By taxing everything from sunlight to carbon emissions, leftists erode personal freedom and national strength, paving the way for socialist control. The “rain tax” on property runoff, the “sun tax” on solar, and CO2 levies on fuels—next up, as the video quips, might be an “oxygen tax.” This isn’t progress; it’s regression to a feudal system where the state owns the air you breathe.

Trump’s energy plan, by contrast, avoids this disaster by prioritizing American fossil fuels and nuclear, keeping costs low and industries thriving. The human cost is staggering. Families face crippling bills, small businesses shutter, and the middle class erodes—all while elites jet to climate conferences. Germany’s decline serves as a cautionary tale: leftist policies don’t “save” the environment; they destroy prosperity. If America follows suit with Biden-era green mandates, we’ll be next. It’s time to reject this madness and embrace energy independence, low taxes, and real economic freedom.

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