No future in Germany? Jobs, housing, finances: 20% of young Germans hope for better living conditions abroad. In the long term, emigration appeals to 41% of 14- to 29-year-olds, a new study finds.
Basically: The whole public sector is underfunded af and the system as a whole has been crumbling for years/decades. Young people don’t want to have children anymore, as the world is going to shit and you can barely make ends meet even if both parents are working full time. The median age is going up, more people are retiring, younger people are expected to pay ever increasing taxes and healthcare costs, while our politicians are, quite literally, telling us “All of this is your fault. You’ll need to work harder. 40h a week is not enough. We might also have to take away your healthcare. A wealth tax or any actual reform isn’t happening, btw. Get bent.”.
As far as that other persons comment goes: those are simply standard right-wing talking points. They are blaming immigrants/refugees for systemic issues, often while opposing any actual reform. If immigration is putting additional strain on the healthcare system, then you could a) kick out the migrants, b) help them find a foothold in Germany, give them work permits and turn them into tax payers, or c) change some of the systemic issues of our healthcare system (e.g. people with higher wages can opt-out of public healthcare and instead get, often cheaper, private healthcare plans while rich people without any income don’t have to pay into the system at all).
In the end, it just boils down to late stage capitalism, like anywhere else in the western world.
Basically: The whole public sector is underfunded af and the system as a whole has been crumbling for years/decades. Young people don’t want to have children anymore, as the world is going to shit and you can barely make ends meet even if both parents are working full time. The median age is going up, more people are retiring, younger people are expected to pay ever increasing taxes and healthcare costs, while our politicians are, quite literally, telling us “All of this is your fault. You’ll need to work harder. 40h a week is not enough. We might also have to take away your healthcare. A wealth tax or any actual reform isn’t happening, btw. Get bent.”.
As far as that other persons comment goes: those are simply standard right-wing talking points. They are blaming immigrants/refugees for systemic issues, often while opposing any actual reform. If immigration is putting additional strain on the healthcare system, then you could a) kick out the migrants, b) help them find a foothold in Germany, give them work permits and turn them into tax payers, or c) change some of the systemic issues of our healthcare system (e.g. people with higher wages can opt-out of public healthcare and instead get, often cheaper, private healthcare plans while rich people without any income don’t have to pay into the system at all).
In the end, it just boils down to late stage capitalism, like anywhere else in the western world.