Monday, April 13, 2026

𝐀 𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑

Start with the economy.  - M.A. Rothman
  • Germany managed to turn an industrial powerhouse into the 𝐟𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 country on Earth for household electricity — 𝟑𝟖 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 per kilowatt hour, roughly double what Americans pay (Clean Energy Wire)... 
  • Four out of ten industrial firms are planning more cuts in 2026 (Institute of the German Economy). VW is slashing 𝟑𝟓,𝟎𝟎𝟎 jobs. Month after month — 10,000 here, 15,000 there.
  • And if you're self-employed? Germany actively punishes you for it. Health insurance runs 𝐄𝐔𝐑 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡...
  • Then there's what he won't raise his daughter in. Berlin police recorded 𝟑,𝟒𝟏𝟐 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 in 2024 — nearly ten per day (Berlin police statistics)...
𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬.

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