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Under the current system, recipients of social security get their rent paid according to an allowed flat size (e.g. 60m² for two people) and the regional average rent. Now “Lindner [head of the liberal party] wants to save billions using the new approach.” “Recipients should not get their rent covered based on the actual cost, but via a flat rate.” (paraphrased from https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/lindner-buergergeld-ukrainer-100.html; German).
You can guess how well that will go with
and
Lindner is famous for his (paraphrased) statement “the markets will solve this”. Rents have skyrocketed just like anywhere else. Now he doesn’t want to regulate the housing market, but wants to regulate the spending on those who already can’t afford housing. It’s disgusting.
Lindner, and the FDP general, are more libertarian than liberal. This is expressed pretty nicely by ideas like this and his famous "Der Markt regelt das".
'Liberal' has a different usage in many countries that has more implications of 'free market liberal'.
I didn’t know about the distinction between the two. After a 1-minute Wikipedia read I think you’re right.