I’ll just let you know that without the money spent by the German government you wouldn’t have mp3, or AAC.<p>You wouldn’t have most of modern technology, nor would you have Wendelstein 7-X.<p>You wouldn’t have DHL or T-Mobile.<p>Sure, they waste lots of money (BER, S21, Elbphilharmonie), but still they manage it better than the private sector ever could.<p>The top politicians earn less than the managers of any company at that size — Merkel earns 216&#x27;000€ a year. The CEO of even middle-sized companies end up making far more than that.