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Is international mobility only for young people? In her regular Expatica column, Cultural Clues, Hilly van Swol-Ulbrich answers letters from older readers about their hopes of moving around the world.The first letter was from a grandmother in Australia who wanted to spend more time with her granddaughter in Berlin. She was, however, still young enough to want to work as well. The second letter was from a German-American couple in California. Tired of high US health insurance charges and other worries such as crime and natural disasters, they were considering retiring to Germany.
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Dear non-Generation X’s,
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Seeking a new life in another part of the world is not confined to young people |
In order to utilize your organisation and people skills why not also trying contacting relocation agencies and consider becoming a relocation consultant?
Just google a bit or check up the advertisements on the Expatica site.
Happy Hunting.
Now to the Californians. Yes, the crime rate maybe lower, yes, Germany has fewer natural disasters including forest fires and yes, we have the (in)famous Sozialer Marktwirtschaft (also known as social market economy) which has been designed with the aim of ensuring no one is without health insurance cover, pension rights and other welfare benefits.
However, this has a price tag: German citizens pay heaps of taxes to finance their security net. (It fact, it can be up to 48 percent).
Not a problem for most when everything is going honky dorie. But with a declining birthrate, a slumped economy, overdue reforms and a dramatic government debt, things are not what they used to be.
At present the situation is very volatile and all social welfare benefits are under re-construction. The road work signs are everywhere.
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