German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: AP)
the influx of refugees is a problem and, therefore, of course, give rise to guide actions concern because it is very rapid and increasingly is a mass problem. But in 2015 the figures show 1, 1 million refugees – and the influx continues. This consists of people who have been traumatized and / or sick and thus great personal and thus also financial funding need. Completely value-free and materially speaking, it consists of strangers who do not speak our language (be organized) that our “everyday culture” only need to learn (be organized), which largely have to acquire professional qualifications (be organized), but from a centuries-old religious, social and cultural backgrounds come here in the sense of integration demanded them enormous adjustment processes and us a huge, self-critical patient. But this requires, as I wrote, in extreme cases, harsh, punitive proven coercion as certain forms of misogyny, religious and / or moral intolerance, anti-Semitism, violence.
However, we need to see that these things also with us hard, sometimes very young learning processes were – straight from the CDU / CSU, which now calls for an integration contract. The German police and justice should not remain inactive ( “They’re just so”), any more than they may continue their previous Fast-inaction in racist violence crime ( “A xenophobic background can once not be accepted”). Anyway, that’s now a new quality, which can not be with “We can!” Wegreden, not even with “we the reunification managed” (even partially), “we have the Foreign-million integrated” (even partially ), “we have integrated 12 million refugees after the war and 20 million people provided a roof over your head”
be said precisely to the latter needs. This often was not without conflicts, up to hate , And it was a completely different situation: common need, common fault. And guest workers were people with the same language and the same culture and socialization relatively . This comparison has little value to some optimism, but it is good for a hard question to the present: How did the then poor state can take millions bombed and refugees while allegedly not even today is able to compensate for the loss of social housing? There is a simple and politics today shameful Answer: At that time there was a state and politicians who felt the people obliged. At that time there was a “social market economy”, yet no Neo-liberalism as State Capitalism religion, and there was no Barmen politics before those released by herself “markets” (the “Beast finance capital”, Roubini) – about we should once think.
The influx encounters a decades neoliberal parched, state infrastructure (administrative, school, law, politics, recreational sports, and as we saw Silvester, especially police) , He encounters a particularly among Merkel strongly shrunken “socially acceptable” housing market (2006-2015 from 2.5 million to 1.5 million) and a still not existing structure of the integration work, suffered from that earlier waves of immigrants. Even an only apparently good labor market it is important to note: namely real 5 million instead statistically lied 3 million unemployed and the highest in the EU share of so-called precarious jobs. Much of it is currently on, covered by the broad and intensive helpfulness of citizens, charities and local government employees, but also by the police and army. It suggests a “bright” Germany, which is increasingly being shrunk by the Berlin policy.
The influx of refugees is a problem because it makes problems visible and radically tightened, the at we exist for a long time, and increasingly. Unfortunately, this happens without sufficient empathy, especially not when suddenly supposedly empathic Chancellor. Problems that have dramatically increased the shame of a State in recent years and will increase that speaks of values and the “dignity of man” declared as the highest good: homelessness, housing (in particular young families and the elderly), poverty (also age poverty), increasing impoverishment of the elderly in the homes and the staff there, soup kitchens, tables, wide Hartz IV distress (especially for 1.5 million children), declining health care, rising educational injustice, lack of leisure and sports activities, degradation of civil protection precarious by “streamlining” of the state administration (eg consumer protection and advice, the police, judiciary, what a de facto breakaway of law especially for not so wealthy citizens), a dramatic spread of income and assets, the largest share employment relationships and the biggest difference between women’s and men’s wages in the EU, an increasing Exterminating OSH and a decrease human conducive working conditions, increasing rural exodus. Overall, this is a shameful list i.a. for Mrs Merkel and Mr Schäuble (the dark underside of blacks zero). This can supposedly cause in connection with the refugee crisis and the sudden provision previously nonexistent billion to social conflicts. Anyway, it’s cynical now to talk to the outside of empathy and solidarity, while inter alia governments Merkel for years this community whose welfare they are obliged increasingly entsolidarisieren and investment capital via reply.
As an illustration of the current absence of empathy with Mrs Merkel and Mr Schäuble, I quote an article about a “panel “
” for the Nameless marginalized, for pensioners, low-income, single-parent families, asylum seekers, welfare recipients and other people in low-income situations, the board is a light in the dark night. A lit lantern in times of social distress and hopelessness. An almost fairytale-sounding `Tischlein-deck dich` for the poorest of the poor, which is in this way in times of social indifference and social Empathielosigkeit a piece of life-saving humanitarian ground heat given.” (Gütersloh popular magazine Carl, Issue 12 / 2015 p.35) It is interesting that is now spoken in the face of terror in Europe of this would our societies split – while these societies socially increasingly long split, most radically by the “empathic policy” of Merkel and Schäuble in the Euro-crisis countries.
to see so, leads to the conclusion that we beyond mere refugee problem, but also just in their interest, immediately must take a physical, personnel and organizational effort to do all this as soon as possible, what is needed: mainly residential, school and day care, kindergartens, teachers and trainers, vocational training, social services, etc. the previously provided and scheduled in the federal budget in 2016 totals are partly ridiculous , typical placebo policy in recent years – including the grand coalition. Above all, the failures of the past have to be recognized and processed regardless of the refugee issue. That would be an indicator of whether the sudden “Merkelsche empathy” only a populist maneuver or the face of a “new Merkel”. So far, however I find it to be the policy of the last few months just a saying of Reich-Ranicki a “One fertilizes no garden by farting through the fence.” So that means that all that a departure from Merkel’s previous neoliberal “streamlining” governmental activities and structures must lead because the previous market and Merkel’s “market-based democracy” can not judge. It is about the reintroduction of the “social market economy” – a really “indispensable reform”
The material consequences of the recent reduction of state activities (eg lowering of public investment from earlier always 10 to 5 per cent in the. recent years) led and still lead even without refugees in addition to the decomposition of the social community to a dissolution state infrastructure at the expense of our economic performance and sustainability. So they are as a much larger “break the intergenerational justice” as additional debt, which are always a balance size, an inheritable (private) represent assets, albeit socially distributed very unfairly. I conclude from this that the so-called “debt brake” completely unsustainable and counterproductive is , as they have touted the economically fatal equating private and government / business debt the EU Merkel and Schäuble.
this of course dramatically exacerbated the current situation with us, with other distribution of the refugees in the other EU or euro states: without farewell to the statistically erschwindelten black zero and with no new debt the problem is not solvable. When, if not now at almost 0 percent interest, and where, if not with us in our relatively stable economic situation ? But I see in the Bundestag no movement in this matter, on the contrary: The recent CDU party has a clear and harsh insight into the hidden we are facing tasks and burdens just under the “We can do it” -Phraseologie
<. p> Abandoning the wrong “debt ideology” seems inevitable , which would be relatively easy, especially in Germany. “As more debt” does not solve the current problem of justice, there have been lowered over the years taxes on wealth, high income, capital gains, inheritances high and high capital gains, while normal income from work were charged and relatively more in total. This was done mainly through the tending unsocial excise duties and the employer contribution to social and health insurance, which rose steadily. The result was not only a general, always disparity between rich and poor, with the result of an explosive growth of the financial speculation, but also another economically rather paradoxical divergence of income from work and from assets (unearned income). With a financing of tasks only from taxes so this structurally unjust burden for small and middle-income countries would not change even with proportional burden on all citizens and institutions. Given the accrual of additional financial burdens but this is a serious problem of justice. Nothing compromised the integration process more than an unfair distribution of the burden. And nothing would therefore urgent and fair given the huge budgetary burdens that come to us, as the financial burden to be distributed to the entire population – the “rich”
If Mrs Merkel tax increases definitely excludes -. Incidentally, in addition to the “no limit” the first and only (and neoliberal characteristic) concrete down the Chancellor so far in the refugee question – then it is clear that they ever “shortsighted or cynical” merges these fundamental prerequisite for success. If Mrs Merkel loosely says “We can do it”, I think to know exactly who they mean by “we”. Before more debt so is the need to create a fairer tax system and thus more tax revenues “Generate” to what course should be done by a finite effective fight against tax fraud and tax evasion.
Us forcing the cope with the refugee problems to a fundamental reform of government revenue and expenditure policy . This too can be little discussion of party tactical reasons with us. Any mention of any necessary tax increases is negated by politicians and the media on the grounds that this might destroy the culture of welcome. It is this current and future undermined rather by idle policy. All solutions in question the optimistic statements with Black zero and no tax increases – unfortunately also by so-called “scientific” economists – hide the possibility or the looming likelihood that the world economy and ensure that the EU and especially our economy can suffer setbacks and will. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, the so-called “central bank of central banks,” warns intensified lately as against risks from emerging countries and especially before again threatening risks in the financial sector.
drives everything else in money. The even many academic economists, for example, Mr. Fratzscher, say, we made the same with the debt brake and no new taxes, shows all the blindness to reality this computer economists, leading to the many rubbish they produce – to the chagrin of the policy which would require much of their sound advice. These “illusory” view of financial problems is with almost 100-percent guarantee that you ultimately approach the state benefits for the average citizen, for example, by loading the social and pension funds -. how did after reunification, also under the auspices Schäuble
Since the recent and envisaged transfers to municipalities do not even cover the purely material additional costs by far, are increasingly the state and local budgets burdened. Especially in the communities for months often more than 50 percent of the personnel capacity is used for the refugee work, which leads to a drastic reduction in the normal municipal services to citizens directly and for municipal infrastructure, which unilaterally affects ordinary citizens again. My neighbors in Blankenese largely unscathed, they are as . Will not Break the housing, in the form, neither in health care even at work
It is exacerbated the property statement: Only the rich can afford a poor state afford . The above applies to the German domestic politics and increasingly also for the respective EU member states when the EU still finds a cohesive solution to refugee problems. Because the amendment or abolition of this debt brake is necessary for all EU countries, as their compliance simply is an illusion without refugee issues for almost all countries. The dares so far only not to say
I have outlined enlargement of the necessary financial margin of States is in addition to an acute foreign policy necessity. “Address the root causes” is first of all, as soon as possible the UNHCR (Refugees of UN) and other organizations (eg the Red cross) to help with the double-digit billions, instantly improve the miserable living conditions in the camps around Iraq, Syria and the African crisis areas significantly. Whatever our attitude to Turkey, of course, this also includes Turkey. The money should not anyway receive the central government, but local aid organizations or insofar working authorities there, even this. That is politically incomprehensible and immoral current failure of the “Western community of values”, including the federal government. To illustrate the great folly of this failure in conjunction with the fight against terrorism, and I quote the well-known Syrian-German author Rafik Shami from his interview in the “Kölner Stadt Anzeiger”, which also addresses the failure of the Arab littoral states. For which deliver our politicians prefer weapons instead finally “Arab solidarity” with the refugees from there to demand. So we fund here the refugees among others were made with German arms to refugees and will. Where is Berlin still a sizeable radical political mind?
“ When I see the images of the many refugees from Syria, I feel first a rage. Because the Arab neighbors let their brothers and sisters in Syria in the lurch. There are Arabs who have so many billions with which they can not do anything more. … In the EU, there is a massive failure, a mess. Years ago, I said: Please help, on the spot. Then the refugees would be connected there forever with Western democracy. Each extremists they would say: Go away, because the West has allowed us to survive – we were ill, without his medication, we were hungry, without his help. That would have been a thousand times more reasonable than to wait until the flow of refugees to Europe breaks . “
This assistance is therefore acutely necessary because the refugee problem will be remembered . It will possibly increase even more dramatically. Experts predict at least 2016 again a million refugees. In Iran, for example, wait 4-5.5 million Afghans on the bounce that live there in miserable conditions. In Yemen are now 1.5 million on the run. Even the EU Commission expects to end 2017 with another three million new refugees, of which, of course, not all are acknowledged and remain here, similarly calculated the German Bundesbank in its “Monthly Report 12/2015″. The policy says of “climatic” reasons, having to conceal that.
Of course, the EU foreign policy needs to “address the root causes” as a whole subjected to a thorough revision . I will mention only Tags: drastic reduction of the arms trade, correction of purely economic accelerated globalization policies, advocacy of a just world trade policies (WTO) and change in the EU’s trade policy with the emerging and third countries, mainly in Africa. This is especially true for the often extorted by the EU FTA. It also directly and indirectly a new EU agricultural policy, including a ban on food speculation by banks. Of course, it comes with “roots of terrorism” and to TISA and TTIP. Finally, a sound climate policy has to be implemented, since it is not enough to be photographed on the Greenland ice in red anorak. All this must be accompanied by a positive reinforcement of the UN by the EU. The UN is becoming increasingly important in view of the refugee problem – and we have only them. Finally, a curb “beast finance capital” in mass and range of motion must be seriously addressed. For all the processes that lead to refugee movements have their origin in the freely moving, capital-intensive, absolutely amoral and gigantic financial capital: war, hunger, climate disasters, water shortages, terror, violence, political despotism and corruption. . Without our intervention and without the financial industry there all day so and to this extent not
Full sets an internal European refugee problem: From the social broken rehabilitated by the Troika Euro Crisis States, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Greece, partially also Italy, flee every year 150,000-250,000 young people , often well educated and mentally active: the Irish in the United States, the other most to us, a kind of exploitation – except that the recovery of these countries is hardly possible. But people, skills, motivations dive into the Excel spreadsheets these “scientists” at little or no. We have the huge problem of unemployment, especially youth unemployment in these countries (an average of 50 percent), but also in the EU as a whole (average of 20-25 percent).
Similar pictures we have in Romania and Bulgaria, where the next “Moving waves” are foreseen – apart from the still not satisfactorily solved Roma problem. Could it be that the unwillingness of many countries towards young refugees also stems? What if our Euro-strategists who suddenly so empathic Merkel and cold Accountants Schäuble, who had used last summer many tips sessions to Greece, also times to accept at the top of this fundamental problem in Europe, instead of doing it socially malignant “reform dictations” worse, how the already impoverished these countries takes away 3 percent pension or imposes 5 percent VAT more. While the “rich” of course not touched and as hung for the youth unemployment in 2013 in the EU budget a program of 8 billion euros (an infinitesimal fraction of the bank bailout). Empathy? What a guard of politicians. We would provide the necessary substantive now efforts, for example, Housing, to make it a European investment program? These gentlemen believe in “the markets”. Here below are also in the south of Europe for a long time massive drought problems and desertification ahead and now already lead to massive climate-walks.
Everyone should assess whether those policies I have outlined is correct and feasible. Of course, I have my doubts, given the real economic power relations and the quality of our political staff in knowledge, perception, creative will and ideological Lastigkeit. But I count that here on, this “fight the causes” of the EU and to make the Federal Republic obvious: the hypocrisy of these so full-bodied summoned by Merkel “Christian community of values”. I count it all on to show: So far, our political elite sees the problem not sufficiently , or they are afraid of the solutions, or they can see – the politically worst and explosive strategy – all again the bottom 50 or 70 per cent more of the population.
the centrally situate me question of social justice in solving the problems of refugees is also justified from state- or constitutional matters. The example of Germany can be shown that a primary obligation of the political leaders, to serve the “good of the German people”, with simultaneous respect for the right of asylum must endure and even can.
This post is the second in a series of five parts of the economist Reinhard Crusius about the German welcome policy that publish the German economic news at irregular intervals
Read part 1:. Welcome Culture is not a political plan, but megalomania.
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Reinhard Crusius , Born in 1941 in Gütersloh; many years working as a typesetter; Study on second-chance education in Hamburg; Graduate economist, Dr. rer. pole.; Habilitation at the TU Berlin. Various essays, broadcast contributions and publications.
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