MicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoGerman welfare state 'can no longer be financed' — Merzwww.dw.comexternal-linkmessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down17file-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-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down2·15 hours agothere you go, they finally said it out loud. austerity it is.
minus-squareRooty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 hours ago“Why isn’t anyone having kids? I specifically requested it.”
minus-squareDarleys_Brew@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·15 hours agoAusterity doesn’t even work. It’s deliberate cruelty.
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·12 hours agoIt works for the wealthy. It saves them a lot of money on taxes.
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 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-up4·12 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.
there you go, they finally said it out loud. austerity it is.
“Why isn’t anyone having kids? I specifically requested it.”
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.
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.