[waibelp]

Long Story short translated:

1) Some people work to get paid lese than others that dont work

2) Those people need to go get help in form of money: Aufstocker

3) A lot of them need to get their food from Caritas and other organizations like "die Tafel" because they dont have enough money to buy food

Yes, Germany is a wealthy country but most of its citizens are poor.

[moomin]

Yeah, we're constantly organising charity drives for the Heidelberg tent cities in the EU.

Get a grip. It's a prosperous country with a decent social safety net and an extremely large middle class.

And a record of electing sensible moderates, but I'm sure that's a complete coincidence.

[denzil_correa]

> Yes, Germany is a wealthy country but most of its citizens are poor.

What do you mean by "most of the citizens" are poor? I can understand if you say that Germany income gap is increasing but I can't understand this part.

[kjdal2001]

I think he is paraphrasing a quote from Kurt Vonnegut.

"America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor..."

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/158414-america-is-the-wealth...

[spacedude]

Mostly because it's bullshit.

[someSven]

No one needs to get donated food. These leftovers are given away for free instead of throwing them away. Some people are using this for propaganda, and to many are falling for it.

[waibelp]

Sure? Even retired people who worked their whole life don't have enough money to buy food: http://www.mdr.de/sachsen-anhalt/ansturm-tafel-sachsen-anhal...

Even in stronger regions like "Baden Württemberg" everybody can see a lot of people with the same problem but it's easier to look away and talk about propaganda.