(GermanPolicy.com) – Norbert Walter-Borjans, the outgoing co-chairman of the SPD, has publicly contradicted the FDP. It is impossible to relieve middle incomes without taxing higher earners to a higher degree, he said. Without a contribution from the “top earners,” people central to the country will pay their relief themselves, Walter-Borjans explained, according to media reports, since money for cuts in taxes and duties will not fall from the sky. The SPD politician stated that there would either be higher taxes for some – or a reduction in state benefits.