Inflation is only 6% (when you exclude the 20%+ increase in rent).
Almost everything I buy on a regular basis from pet food to ammunition to pool chlorine has spiked about 30%-50% in the last year.
I've been in Germany for a while and all consumer goods seem to be really reasonably priced. Germans have an ethic of fairness to consumers. There isn't this "whatever the market will bear" sort of attitude. Rent and food are really cheap if you bring US dollars with you.
It's a stark contrast to America, where young people despair about ever being able to get on the property ladder. Incomes are also pretty flat here, as well. If you go across the border to Switzerland, prices are three or four times higher. The contrast is astounding.
Maybe. But, muzzie merkel has brought every shitskin to germany as fast as she can. Look at crime stats with these "dreamers". Sorry but 80% taxes to cover your "free" healthcare is insane.
Government subsidies keep stuff cheap in all EU. But you have to pay for it in taxes
Well, they are also very good at their supply chains. Mom and pop stores somehow seem to be able to offer the same reasonable prices that larger stores do, but of course with better selection and more taste.
There's an artist couple who always brings their pottery to the Christmas market. They have to charge quite a bit for handmade goods, but people dropping by always raise their eyebrows.
Living in Germany sounds nice, except for the whole "having to convert to islam and speak arabic" part.
I used to spen under $50 a minth in food. Now it's $25 a week.
Gone broke, eh?
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