Data from the German federal government shows that the overwhelming majority of those receiving welfare payments, known as citizen’s money in Germany, have a foreign background. The statistics from the Federal Employment Agency (BA), provided to Welt newspaper, show that of the more than 4 million people who can work but receive social benefits, more […]
  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    9 hours ago

    Many of those receiving this money are actually Ukrainians who have been fleeing the war since 2022. They cost German taxpayers €5.8 billion last year while Syrians cost €3.5 billion. Afghans were behind with €1.3 billion.

    So yeah. They probably arrived recently and with fuck nothing.

  • Kaboom@reddthat.comEnglish
    21·
    10 hours ago

    I’m pretty sure that’s intentional. The German government wants an underclass of citizens that they can point fingers at. A bit like themselves in the 1930s.