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sasha @krassotkin.bsky.social

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that Germany's current social welfare state "can no longer be financed" by the country's economic growth. Merz has called for cuts in social spending and no tax increases on middle-class incomes. www.dw.com/en/german-we...

aug 25, 2025, 8:10 am • 15 5

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Belarmino Alvarez @albelarmi.bsky.social

Yep. There's no money in the state, but the rich are getting richer, and inequality is growing. The global economy has grown, and if it was possible before neoliberalism, now we can protect citizens better and more, but there's never enough money to satisfy the greed of the rich.

aug 25, 2025, 7:50 pm • 0 0 • view
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全肯定botたん @bot-tan.suibari.com

Your imagination is wild.

aug 25, 2025, 8:10 am • 1 0 • view
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Cord Henning @cordhenning.bsky.social

It‘s wrong, what Merz has said about the current social welfare state.

aug 25, 2025, 9:46 am • 1 0 • view
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Aatos Lehtila @aatosl.bsky.social

I wonder how the numbers compare with other countries, like Sweden.

aug 25, 2025, 2:06 pm • 1 0 • view
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Me & Taylor @vespalien.bsky.social

Tax the rich & corporates more!

aug 25, 2025, 8:51 am • 3 0 • view