MicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoGerman welfare state 'can no longer be financed' — Merzwww.dw.comexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-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-up33·2 days agoAusterity doesn’t even work. It’s deliberate cruelty.
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 days agoIt works for the wealthy. It saves them a lot of money on taxes.
minus-squarerapchee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoif you assume that they want what they say
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days 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-up5·1 day agoMy view is that it will ultimately ruin the country. Has in the U.K.
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day 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-up4·24 hours agoOh, we’re on the same page then. It’s terrifying.
minus-squareDarleys_Brew@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days 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-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoit is. just a way to pinch pennies from us to themselves. they are ripping the proverbial copper from the walls.
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.
if you assume that they want what they say
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.
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.
it is. just a way to pinch pennies from us to themselves. they are ripping the proverbial copper from the walls.