Bismarck had originally proposed that the federal government pay a portion of the accident insurance contribution.

Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the remuneration of special advisers, their mission expenses and the institution’s accident insurance contributions.

Bismarck had originally proposed that the Federal Government should pay a portion of the accident insurance contribution to show the willingness of the German government to lessen the hardship experienced by the German workers as a means of weaning them away from the various left-wing parties, most importantly the Social Democrats.