Posted on 01/24/2015 4:59:11 PM PST by Olog-hai
About 3.1 million wage and salary earners in Germany had an income below the poverty threshold, according to Saturday’s edition of the Saarbrücker Zeitung newspaper.
The paper cited an overview from Germany’s Federal Statistical Office showing the most recent available data, which covered the year 2013. It also showed the numbers of workers struggling to make ends meet jumped from about 2.5 million in 2008—an increase of 25 percent in five years.
Data based on household surveys showed that those living on low wages were cutting back on food and heating, among other things, to save money. According to a special analysis by the statisticians, in 2013 some 538,000 low-wage workers were eating a full meal only every second day in an effort to save money on food. About 417,000 were going without adequate heating, and almost 380,000 people could not afford to pay their rent on time. …
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But but...we were told it was a perfect example of Union based workers living in a socialist utopia. A shining example for Democrats to point to.
Absolutely....EBT cards should be good for only basic food items such as Milk, Beans, Rice, pasta, vegetables, oil, etc.
Most food stamp people do not have jobs or have part time jobs. They certainly have time to cook at home. It will not only make them lose some fat, it will make them more healthy and thus will reduce the burden on tax payers to pay for gov’t subsidized Obamacare.
On the bright side, lowering caloric intake and reducing the amount of energy to heat a home reduces a man's carbon footprint.
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