Originally Posted by MaDalton

it's not about what people "think" they need to live, it's about the minimum living the law says.

i can only talk about germany, but there you have a minimum total of like 900 euro. if you earn with your full time job only 750 Euro, the government pays you 150 Euro on top. and that money comes from the other tax payers. and no one has a look if the company that employs this person makes profit and if they could afford to pay him 900 Euro. and that is nuts - because it gets abused all the time.




see above.