Taxation, mainly. It prevents the economy from developing, preys on the gains made in the past until they're gone, and then it directly steals whatever is left for people to earn. 

 BTW, I was just reading that in Spain, only 30% of the people can save consistently every month. And the average savings rate is 300€ a month. 

 Socialism 

 True 

 yeah guess what, since coming to Germany, I've been used to choosing carefully which meat to buy in a grocery and which fruit juice can i afford. it's fucking hilarious because back in China i could order takeout of fine made restaurants every meal, i never worried the cost of dining. 
I'm still trying to figure out why everything in Germany is so expensive while the services are so awful. 

 "Public services". 

 also the paid services lol