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| Millions of German workers in poverty |
| 2015-01-25 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna About 3.1 million wage and salary earners in Germany had an income below the poverty threshold, according to Saturday's edition of the SaarbrĂźcker Zeitung newspaper. The paper cited an overview from Germany's Federal Statistical Office showing the most recent available data, which covered the year 2013. It also showed the numbers of workers struggling to make ends meet jumped from about 2.5 million in 2008 - an increase of 25 percent in five years. Data, based on household surveys, showed that those living on low wages were cutting back on food and heating, among other things, to save money. According to a special analysis by the statisticians, in 2013 some 538,000 low-wage workers were eating a full meal only every second day in an effort to save money on food. About 417,000 were going without adequate heating and almost 380,000 people could not afford to pay their rent on time. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 Dear Germans: those immigrants you're told you have to accept in ever larger numbers, who are turning your cities into little Beiruts, are living off the money that could be creating real, productive jobs. PS -- don't go overboard this time. Just send them back where they came from. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2015-01-25 12:19 |
| #2 Thanks Euro and ECB! Fight deflation, fight falling prices! |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2015-01-25 09:25 |
| #1 Germans don't traditionally riot for More Free Stuff(tm) and most realize that if you burn down the shops and stores in your own neighborhood that usually that means no more easy access to goods and services. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-01-25 09:08 |