"the socialist German government "says" that there is 5 million unemployed, but the government unemployment offices in Germany employ 5.8 million to keep watch on the unemployed"
Do you have a handy reference for that information? I'd love to use that in an ongoing education class of liberals on a local discussion forum.
the reference you require is from February 2006 , www.verwaltungssystem.de (sub/ bundesaustalt fur arbeit,) which explains the controls in the German unemployment market, and the numbers in specific departments