Hartz IV

From a critical point of view, the idea of a global social welfare office on a state financial basis is nothing more than an insane suicide of the welfare state because the sheer mass of refugees and migrants breaks out any financial leeway and in the long term... [...]

Malnutrition is no longer a problem for distant countries - it exists among us, covertly, underestimated and even forced through political decisions. Low income groups and social welfare recipients whose difficult situation of official... [...]

The practice of using the unemployed for little or no money to complete government duties is an honorless attack on the most basic human dignity and proof of the naked contempt with which the state has its weakest... [...]

Basic social security is anchored in the welfare state principle of the Basic Law and defines a minimum standard that must be exceeded by minimum wages by standard benefits and the costs of accommodation. Only if the statutory minimum wage exceeds this standard will... [...]

The course is considered a way to better life prospects, especially for young people from economically weak households. But for many, the dream becomes a financial risk because the state support options like BAföG are only a small part of it... [...]

Anyone who walks the streets today does not recognize the true face of social developments in brilliant government statistics, but in stooped figures that rummage through garbage cans with plastic bags. Collecting returnable bottles is a symbol of the new... [...]

Officially, job centers exist to provide support, create opportunities and help people get back to work. But in truth, an increasingly large part of the billions that are meant to be flowing into something... [...]

On September 9, 1982, the Lambsdorff paper was published, which, in the context of the "spiritual and moral change" promised by Helmut Kohl, led to the privatization of employment relationships. This turn was a central political strategy with which Kohl was able to... [...]

As a low earner, I always face the sobering dilemma of social security: on the one hand, they should be a protective mechanism for difficult life situations, on the other hand, I increasingly see them as a financial burden that I am in my already tense... [...]