• @[email protected]
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    13 hours ago

    Under the current system, recipients of social security get their rent paid according to an allowed flat size (e.g. 60m² for two people) and the regional average rent. Now “Lindner [head of the liberal party] wants to save billions using the new approach.” “Recipients should not get their rent covered based on the actual cost, but via a flat rate.” (paraphrased from https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/lindner-buergergeld-ukrainer-100.html; German).

    You can guess how well that will go with

    it’s based on the average rent for the area,

    and

    there’s extra help for those struggling to find cheaper […] accommodation

    Lindner is famous for his (paraphrased) statement “the markets will solve this”. Rents have skyrocketed just like anywhere else. Now he doesn’t want to regulate the housing market, but wants to regulate the spending on those who already can’t afford housing. It’s disgusting.

    • @Akagigahara
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      12 hours ago

      Lindner, and the FDP general, are more libertarian than liberal. This is expressed pretty nicely by ideas like this and his famous “Der Markt regelt das”.