🇩🇪 52% of Germans believe work is not worthwhile after the government's planned increase in welfare payments and child benefits, a survey showed on Tuesday.

Welfare payments, dubbed "citizens' money", for more than 5.5 million jobless in Germany will rise to 563 euros ($605.06)from 502 euros per month for single people from next year.

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Working Germans must be hopping mad. And it’s sad to see that so many people see their lives as “just passing by here”

The world is not ready for the changes tech will make in the jobs market and the millions left without jobs will demand food. The ones working start are already asking "why should i work when others get money for nothing?".

Complicated af 😐.

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Two seperate issues. And the first one is probably nothing.

We're living it now.

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Millions will loose their jobs to automation and AI in the coming years, if governments want to keep the peace they're gonna have to hand out more money and that means... A lot more fiat printing.

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I see it’s actually worse. If you get the 563 euros, you also get rent and health care covered. Oof

https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/germans-question-value-working-after-new-welfare-increases-survey-2023-09-05/

Governments don't have much of a choice, it's either that or chaos.

I'm pretty sure they know what used to happen in Rome when bread wasn't available...

*free bread

And electric bill.