MicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGerman welfare state 'can no longer be financed' — Merzwww.dw.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1252arrow-down111file-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-up32·2 months agoAusterity doesn’t even work. It’s deliberate cruelty.
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months agoIt works for the wealthy. It saves them a lot of money on taxes.
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months 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-up5·2 months agoMy view is that it will ultimately ruin the country. Has in the U.K.
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months 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-up4·2 months agoOh, we’re on the same page then. It’s terrifying.
minus-squarerapchee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoif you assume that they want what they say
minus-squareDarleys_Brew@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months 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.
minus-squareRooty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months ago“Why isn’t anyone having kids? I specifically requested it.”
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIf they want us to have kids, they have to pay for them, of course.
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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.
Oh, we’re on the same page then. It’s terrifying.
if you assume that they want what they say
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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.
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“Why isn’t anyone having kids? I specifically requested it.”
If they want us to have kids, they have to pay for them, of course.