Wow
Wow, that seems like a lot of money. Isn’t a pound worth about one and a half dollars?
Well, if the state can do that now, why not just continue it indefinitely? Germany seems to have a lot of money. Let everyone stop trying to earn money. Instead, they can just collect money from the government and everyone will be rich!
Except that the money will lose its value faster than Penny on the Big Bang Theory lost her virginity.
They used to be so frugal. I remember when West Germans had to agree to push the retirement age out a year to help with Reunification costs. Perhaps having negative interest rates there makes them think this is a good time to take on more debt.