Most Germans don't think in this fashion....but for the practice of discussion....there are 401 districts, city-states, and independent cities. In a normal year, if you watched the news or chat-forums on TV....you might see a map laid out with this 401 division situation....maybe three or four times a year. I admit, it's rare.
So the Linke Party did something interesting.....they made a request to the federal German government and asked....does the minimum wage (made for the entire nation) really work for the 401 districts?
Well....no.
There are 64 districts where the minimum wage is not enough, and you'd have to go and ask for Hartz IV (welfare) to survive. The chief places of failure? Major metropolitan areas.
What happens now? Mostly nothing. But I would imagine that the Linke Party will pick this and try to focus major changes in 2019, to push the minimum wage up....maybe 10-percent....maybe even 20-percent.
For the factual side of this....1,498 is considered the minimum wage point right now. In dollars? Roughly 1,700 dollars.
Just something to think about.
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