Open statutory pension insurance to all workers
The Left wants everyone who works to pay into the statutory pension system, including civil servants, politicians and the self-employed. It opposes tying retirement provision more closely to capital markets. Health and long-term care insurance are also to be financed by everyone according to income.
Everyone who works should pay into the public pension system. That includes civil servants, politicians and self-employed people. Pensions should not depend on the stock market. Everyone should also pay into health and care insurance based on their income.
These demands are aimed at the federal government, where the Left wants to push for a solidarity-based reform of the welfare state. Pensions and the minimum wage should be high enough to protect against poverty. The gradual shift of retirement provision toward capital markets is to be stopped. For health and long-term care, the party seeks a solidarity-based insurance that everyone helps finance in line with their income.
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„Die gesetzliche Rentenversicherung auf alle Erwerbstätigen, einschließlich Beamt:innen, Politiker:innen und Selbstständige ausweiten“Translation: Extend statutory pension insurance to all working people, including civil servants, politicians and the self-employed
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Bringing all workers into statutory pension, health and care insurance and turning away from funded provision would fundamentally restructure today's system.