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DFW

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17. Not to mention

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #10)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 08:23 AM

18 hrs ago

Anyone who thinks the pic on the left is an accurate depiction of what living is like on the EU equivalent off Social Security has been reading too many Republican comic books.

My wife, if she had to live off her German pension alone, wouldn’t have enough left from her €1400 per month pension to afford the olive, let alone a whole martini.

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