MicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoGerman welfare state 'can no longer be financed' — Merzwww.dw.comexternal-linkmessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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The German chancellor has called for a welfare reform, putting him on course for a possible clash with the SPD.
minus-squareDarleys_Brew@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoAusterity doesn’t even work. It’s deliberate cruelty.
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·23 hours agoIt works for the wealthy. It saves them a lot of money on taxes.
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 hours agoIt’s not short sighted for the wealthy. Over the last 40 years, the wealthy have amassed massive amounts of income and wealth. It worked out great for them and the politicians that they purchase.
minus-squareDarleys_Brew@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 hours agoMy view is that it will ultimately ruin the country. Has in the U.K.
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 hour agoI agree. The wealthy do not care about countries or borders. Once a land is pilfered, their wealth makes it relatively easy to find another place to live.
minus-squareDarleys_Brew@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·23 hours agoJust before Covid it was in British news that austerity hadn’t worked (No shit…), so what did they do? More austerity. It’s fucking infuriating.
Austerity doesn’t even work. It’s deliberate cruelty.
It works for the wealthy. It saves them a lot of money on taxes.
It’s short sighted though.
It’s not short sighted for the wealthy. Over the last 40 years, the wealthy have amassed massive amounts of income and wealth. It worked out great for them and the politicians that they purchase.
My view is that it will ultimately ruin the country. Has in the U.K.
I agree.
The wealthy do not care about countries or borders. Once a land is pilfered, their wealth makes it relatively easy to find another place to live.
exactly
Just before Covid it was in British news that austerity hadn’t worked (No shit…), so what did they do? More austerity. It’s fucking infuriating.