geteilt von: https://lemm.ee/post/64272298
Merz’s coalition must persuade younger generations to surrender more of their free time to support Europe’s largest economy
The coalition between Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democrats have, in their treaty which defines the political agenda until the next election, committed to incentives to persuade Germans to increase their working hours, and to delay retirement.
As much as I disagree with most of what Merz has to say: He is rich, but not a billionaire. He seems to have about 12 million €, which is a lot but nowhere near billionaire. He should still shut up.
https://www.ftd.de/vermoegen/reichste-politiker-deutschland/
Uh, I was confused about the English way of counting.
“middle class” (is that an accurate translation of “Mittelstand”? IDK, but leo says it is)
No, Mittelstand means small to medium sized companies.
I know, but is there a neat translation that only has one or two words?
Semantically, American “middle class” is closest to German “Mittelschicht”.
Yeah, but Merz is specifically known for calling himself “Mittelstand” (and AFAIK he is not a business owner).
No, it was “obere Mittelschicht”/“upper middle class”.
Jay Leno once said that he had a great work ethic and he was on the job almost every day.
Then he pointed out that he made $25,000 per appearance.
