German welfare state 'can no longer be financed' — Merz – DW – 08/23/2025
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The German chancellor has called for a welfare reform, putting him on course for a possible clash with the SPD.

The German chancellor has called for a welfare reform, putting him on course for a possible clash with the SPD.

  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
    50·
    22 hours ago
    • Print 1bn in welfare
    • Welfare ultimately gets spent into rich folks’ coffers
    • Tax that 1bn back out of the rich
    • Net cost: zero

    What’s “unaffordable” here?

    • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      21 hours ago

      It’s unaffordable to greedy corporations and billionaires who would not afford the working to have a single dime in their pocket if they had it their way.

    • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      18 hours ago

      If only “tax” meant “tap” as in “tap a sugar maple for its sweet sweet amber sap” and the freshly gutted 1% could also be used as fertilizer afterward.

      Win/win! Poverty and hunger in one fell slash? I’m in.