The statutory pension insurance system has been undergoing reform for years.
On the one hand, insurance contributions are increased and on the other, the working life is extended.
A study by Aktion Demokratische Gemeinschaft e.V. suggests that this willingness to reform is not actually necessary.
Since 1957, money has been withdrawn from the pension fund for non-insurance benefits, but the amounts
paid back in by the state for these benefits are lower.
To date, this has resulted in a horrendous shortfall of 1.023 trillion euros at the expense of the insured and pensioners.
In all these years, the share of non-insurance benefits in total pension expenditure has been between 34 and 40 percent.
In contrast, the federal funds provided by the federal government amounted to between 26 and 27 percent.
The right reform would be for the state to finally stop eating into the pension fund.