Increasing numbers of German children live in poverty.

[Autumnleaf]

http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=146&a=3306

 

[Ave Maria]

That is sad. My ancestry is primarily Irish and German so I take a special interest in these two nations. I hope they can do something about this and reverse the situation.

 

[SallyNow]

It's a good thing that each German child has access to quality education and health care no matter their parent's income. Also, it is good that the government is addressing the problem now, and not waiting until there are crisis within the foster care systems, and problems with a large population of under-nurished children (a very skinny child and an obese child can be undernurished if fed only eat junk food).

It is also good that Germany is putting itself under scrutiny.

Let's hope other nations (most who are already in worse shape, child-development wise) follow suit.

 

[Ave Maria]

It's a good thing that each German child has access to quality education and health care no matter their parent's income. Also, it is good that the government is addressing the problem now, and not waiting until there are crisis within the foster care systems, and problems with a large population of under-nurished children (a very skinny child and an obese child can be undernurished if fed only eat junk food).

It is also good that Germany is putting itself under scrutiny.

Let's hope other nations (most who are already in worse shape, child-development wise) follow suit.

Yes, these are all good things. Now if only the United States would follow suit and make sure that public education was free for everyone. It's not free for everyone considering that a lot of people still have to pay for the books. Also, the United States would do good in making sure that everyone (not just children) have equal access to at least basic health care.

 

[ArnautDaniel]

Look out.

The last time this sort of thing happened to Germans they started a big war and killed lots of Jews.

 

[horuhe00]

Child poverty is on the increase in Germany. In western German cities such as Bremerhaven, and in many eastern German cities and municipalities, nearly every second child lives in poverty. Since the introduction in 2003 of a new Hartz IV system of welfare payments by the former Social Democratic Party (SPD)-Green coalition government, an ever-larger proportion of the German population (7.4 million persons) are dependent on Hartz IV payments. This total includes nearly 2 million children under the age of 15 years.
If one includes young people under 18, this latter total rises to 2.5 million, according to the president of the German Association for the Protection of Children (DKB), Heinz Hilgers. In 2004, one year prior to the introduction of the Hartz laws, this total stood at about 1.1 million.

Welfare states don't work in the long run.

 

[Futuwwa]

Don't they? Europe has worked quite well. Scandinavia has worked exceptionally well, despite being one of the most welfare-heavy regions in the world.