Dear reader, I was fascinated by this story because I was wondering if something like this could happen to me in old age.
You are good-natured, let alleged police officers tell you a story on the phone - and as a result you not only lose a lot of money, but maybe even all your savings and your honor.
The story researched by Karin Truscheit, editor in the “Germany and the World” section, begins as follows: “Hans-Peter Chloupek waits with his questions until the people in front of him have stopped crying. Then he often sits there with them for ten minutes in silence. Then in his office they say sentences like, Mr. Chloupek, I would kill myself, but I can't jump from the house. ' He holds her hand, tries to comfort, speaks of things that are worth living for. This makes it difficult to penetrate people who are 80 years or older, who have come through war, poverty, illness, the death of loved ones and who have now, at the end of their long life, been robbed of everything that they have laboriously worked for decades what is dear to them and dear to them. The banknotes in the linen cupboardthe savings in the bank, the grandmother's garnet jewelry. ”I have never written this sentence in this newsletter: You have to read this, please. So that you and your friends don't feel the same way at some point.
Carsten Knop
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Since the beginning of March everyone who lives in Germany has been entitled to state-paid rapid antigen tests in one of the many test centers.
The ordinance of Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU), which stipulates this, has triggered a real wave of founders.
This is not a wonder.
According to the paragraphs, a test center can in principle be opened by anyone who feels called to do so and has practiced taking samples in a crash course;
the suitability of the staff and the operating concept are only checked on paper in advance, unless individual authorities request otherwise; the quality of the services provided is only examined on a random basis, if at all; and the big testing is paid for with tax money. Test centers under medical supervision can charge a flat rate of up to 21 euros per sample, all others up to 18 euros. Whoever thinks that is a mess has to multiply; the amount matters.
The monthly expenses of the state for corona tests have almost quadrupled since the introduction of citizen testing:
to almost 700 million euros between mid-April and mid-May alone. For Sebastian Balzter from the business editor of our Sunday newspaper, this is a reason to take a closer look at the whole thing.
Gasoline prices in Germany have risen by almost a quarter within a year.
This is evident from the figures that the Federal Statistical Office has just published.
Business editor Christian Siedenbiedel researched the reasons for this - and they are diverse: In addition to interventions by the German state for climate protection, the development of the corona crisis and the behavior of the oil cartel Opec and its allies also play a role.
You still drive comparatively little car, but that will change with the withdrawal of Corona.
Your gas station attendant is waiting.
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung