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SPD candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz (front) and the party leaders of the FDP and the Greens
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“Hartz IV” will soon be called citizens’ money, the minimum wage is coming – and our pension money will soon be invested in the capital market: What does it all mean? So far we can only read that from the coalition agreement. And this is exactly what we analyze with the journalist Horst von Buttlar.
The editor-in-chief of “Capital” and head of the capital office of star, “Capital” and “Business Punk”, Horst von Buttlar, the coalition agreement and says: “The pension at 67 was not touched either, so pension at 70 does not come first – that means higher burdens for the younger generation. At the same time, they also want the pension contribution rate to not rise above 20 percent. That means that at some point you will only be able to regulate this through higher tax subsidies. “
Horst von Buttlar, editor-in-chief of “Capital” and head of the capital office of star, “Capital” and “Business Punk”
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There are also innovations in terms of the money from the pension fund, the coalition wants “to invest part of the money (…) ten billion euros in the capital market in the future. You don’t have to worry that the pension will be gambled away on the stock market. That is a small amount, so 10 billion is really little, the pension insurance channel through a three-digit billion amount. ” Harz IV is also renamed “Bürgergeld”. The minimum wage is also to be increased from 9.60 euros to 12 euros. “And that is good news for the (millions of people). Of course, it also has an impact on some services. We don’t know that haircuts at the hairdresser’s may then become more expensive.”
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Podcast “important today”
Sure, opinionated, on the 12: “Today important” is not just a news podcast. We set topics and initiate debates – with poise and sometimes uncomfortably. This is what host Michel Abdollahi and his team speak out for star– and RTL reporters: inside with the most exciting people from politics, society and entertainment. They let all voices have their say, the quiet and the loud. Anyone who hears “important today” starts the day well informed and can have a sound say.
Coalition agreement brings few improvements for people with disabilities
The new coalition agreement has fulfilled many hopes – but also disappointed some. This also includes the expectation of many people with disabilities to be able to participate more in social life. This is what Luisa L’Audace, co-founder of the “Angry Cripples” initiative, which campaigns for more rights and participation of disabled people in Germany, says. “For me, the coalition agreement is scratching the surface,” says L’Audace.
Above all, she criticizes the fact that people with disabilities are often simply not heard: “I’m always appalled when we don’t find a place at the table even in diversity debates, where marginal groups should really think about it, because our group is simply is forgotten. ” Another major oversight: labor market integration. “Over 300,000 disabled people in Germany work in workshops for around 1.35 euros an hour, while we are talking about a minimum wage for everyone.” L’Audace says no one can talk about inclusion until the government even plans to allow every disabled person to participate in the primary labor market.