Well, in the documentary, they probably showed some of the extreme cases where unemployed really got a lot of money because they had worked in good positions before. Like I've mentioned above, so far, you're getting get 60% and later 53% of what you've got when you still had a job. Which means if somebody had an income of ... let's say 3,000 €/month, he still had more than 1,500 € left as an unemployed.

These people are affected badly by the reform now, since from next year on, they will only have 345 €/month, plus rent and the costs for heating, just like everybody else. And health insurance of course.

For me, being unemployed has never been easy, since I never had well paid jobs. I could survive, yes, but nothing more. In the past, I have always been lucky with finding a new job again, but this time it seems to be difficult.

Well, let's talk about something more positive!

Yeah, the Olympics!! Saw New Zealand was doing very well in the triathlon competition today! And Germany, after a couple of days without any medals, won gold in hockey today and bronze in soccer. Funny, most of the German athlets winnings medals are women!