As of: February 1, 2024, 5:00 a.m
By: Sandra Sporer
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For many people, their pension is barely enough to live on in old age.
A Berlin hairdresser fears that the same will happen to her - and takes politicians to task.
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Concern about retirement: A Berlin hairdresser can already barely make ends meet on her salary.
Your pension will be even smaller.
This is not an isolated case.
Berlin – Again and again you hear and read stories of people who have to hold their breath at the end of the month.
The salary is barely enough to live on.
A Berlin hairdresser also has to realize again and again that she belongs to this group - even though she works full time.
The thought of having to finance herself solely from her pension at some point would scare her.
The low-earner's retirement prospects are anything but rosy.
Hairdresser complains: “When I retire, I will be poor”
She currently earns 1,500 euros gross, as she reveals in an article in the
Berliner Zeitung
.
The sharply increased cost of living is already making it difficult for her to feed herself and her two children.
“Right now I hardly know how I’m going to pay for everything.
But when I retire, I will be poor,” is her sobering conclusion.
She is not alone with her fate.
According to data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) from 2022, 18.3 percent of people aged 65 and over are at risk of poverty.
Women in particular are often worse off in old age.
According to Destatis, the at-risk-of-poverty rate for women aged 65 and over is 20.3 percent, while for men it is 15.9 percent.
The Berlin hairdresser fears that the same thing will happen to her.
When she retires, she will have “a maximum of 800 euros available, if at all.”
Her rent is currently 650 euros.
This left her with less than 200 euros for all other expenses from insurance to doctor's visits and medication, food and clothing;
barely manageable.
A pleasant retirement looks different.
Hairdresser from Berlin demands action from politicians
She therefore appeals to politicians to finally take action.
“We always talk about progress here, about more people working.
But for those who do that, the bottom line is that hardly anything comes out of it.” A similar debate is being held again and again about citizens’ money in Germany;
After the increase, many people question whether working is still worth it.
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This view is shared by many.
A Facebook post by the
Berliner Zeitung
about the article contains numerous comments that suggest deep resignation regarding the topic of pensions.
For example, one user writes: “Everything that has been known and done for a long time has not changed in terms of pension policy.” Another adds: “That's how it will be for me too, that's why I'm living now before I can't do it later.”
If you want to live on your pension, you should save a certain amount.
This can be done, for example, through special pension payments.
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