https://www.dw.com/en/german-welfare-state-can-no-longer-be-financed-merz/a-73742270
The German chancellor has called for a welfare reform,
putting him on course for a possible clash with the SPD.
"The welfare state that we have today can no longer be
financed with what we produce in the economy," Merz said
in the town of Osnabrück.
The coalition partners had already agreed to reforming
the social insurance system, which covers health insurance,
pensions and unemployment benefits, due to rising costs
and gaps in the federal budget.
The chancellor acknowledged that making cuts to social
welfare would not be easy for the center-left SPD, but
called for the two parties to work together.
. . .
What ? A society based on "Free Money" doesn't
work out ? Amazing !
Note that US subsidies of NATO and the German
military plus what it was losing in trade was
what helped Germany expand the 'free money'
crap for decades on end. False economy, bad
model.
The UK didn't seem to realize that "free money"
wasn't working, for rather a long time. Now
it is cannibalizing its own and even THAT is
not bailing them out. Allowing itself to become
a dumping ground for Islamist 'refugees' is
just speeding things along.
UK go boom. Germany soon ? France maybe ? Meloni
MAY have rescued Italy from the death spiral,
we'll see.
Right after WW2 it *seemed* like these countries
would make enough money, ever-escalating money,
to pay for all sorts of 'free' stuff forever.
But then came China and India - and yanked markets
out from under them. Alas, once you give people
"free" stuff they will DEMAND it - and more -
forever. A politics of addiction, with the
junkies in charge. More ! More ! MORE !!!
Well ... 'More' just ran out and you can't
vote or protest it back into existence. Go
ahead and strike and riot - it will just make
things worse all the faster.
On 2025-08-24, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
https://www.dw.com/en/german-welfare-state-can-no-longer-be-financed-m
erz/a-73742270
The German chancellor has called for a welfare reform,
putting him on course for a possible clash with the SPD.
"The welfare state that we have today can no longer be
financed with what we produce in the economy," Merz said
in the town of Osnabrück.
The coalition partners had already agreed to reforming
the social insurance system, which covers health insurance,
pensions and unemployment benefits, due to rising costs
and gaps in the federal budget.
The chancellor acknowledged that making cuts to social
welfare would not be easy for the center-left SPD, but
called for the two parties to work together.
. . .
What ? A society based on "Free Money" doesn't
work out ? Amazing !
Note that US subsidies of NATO and the German
military plus what it was losing in trade was
what helped Germany expand the 'free money'
crap for decades on end. False economy, bad
model.
The UK didn't seem to realize that "free money"
wasn't working, for rather a long time. Now
it is cannibalizing its own and even THAT is
not bailing them out. Allowing itself to become
a dumping ground for Islamist 'refugees' is
just speeding things along.
UK go boom. Germany soon ? France maybe ? Meloni
MAY have rescued Italy from the death spiral,
we'll see.
Right after WW2 it *seemed* like these countries
would make enough money, ever-escalating money,
to pay for all sorts of 'free' stuff forever.
But then came China and India - and yanked markets
out from under them. Alas, once you give people
"free" stuff they will DEMAND it - and more -
forever. A politics of addiction, with the
junkies in charge. More ! More ! MORE !!!
Well ... 'More' just ran out and you can't
vote or protest it back into existence. Go
ahead and strike and riot - it will just make
things worse all the faster.
You won't see it on the MSM but UK citizens have woken up.
<https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/1959330186714828941>
""Huge crowds in Liverpool today demanding mass deportations.
Faces shown, flags flown, crosses carried, as patriots took the city.
Far left filth, faces covered, causing trouble as usual.""
On 2025-08-24, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
https://www.dw.com/en/german-welfare-state-can-no-longer-be-financed-merz/a-73742270
The German chancellor has called for a welfare reform,
putting him on course for a possible clash with the SPD.
"The welfare state that we have today can no longer be
financed with what we produce in the economy," Merz said
in the town of Osnabrück.
The coalition partners had already agreed to reforming
the social insurance system, which covers health insurance,
pensions and unemployment benefits, due to rising costs
and gaps in the federal budget.
The chancellor acknowledged that making cuts to social
welfare would not be easy for the center-left SPD, but
called for the two parties to work together.
. . .
What ? A society based on "Free Money" doesn't
work out ? Amazing !
Note that US subsidies of NATO and the German
military plus what it was losing in trade was
what helped Germany expand the 'free money'
crap for decades on end. False economy, bad
model.
The UK didn't seem to realize that "free money"
wasn't working, for rather a long time. Now
it is cannibalizing its own and even THAT is
not bailing them out. Allowing itself to become
a dumping ground for Islamist 'refugees' is
just speeding things along.
UK go boom. Germany soon ? France maybe ? Meloni
MAY have rescued Italy from the death spiral,
we'll see.
Right after WW2 it *seemed* like these countries
would make enough money, ever-escalating money,
to pay for all sorts of 'free' stuff forever.
But then came China and India - and yanked markets
out from under them. Alas, once you give people
"free" stuff they will DEMAND it - and more -
forever. A politics of addiction, with the
junkies in charge. More ! More ! MORE !!!
Well ... 'More' just ran out and you can't
vote or protest it back into existence. Go
ahead and strike and riot - it will just make
things worse all the faster.
You won't see it on the MSM but UK citizens have woken up.
<https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/1959330186714828941>
""Huge crowds in Liverpool today demanding mass deportations.
Faces shown, flags flown, crosses carried, as patriots took the city.
Far left filth, faces covered, causing trouble as usual.""
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