get by on a dangerously low pension is already a harsh reality also here in germany my colleague chiodos met a retiree who's budget is so tight that even treating herself to an ice cream as big financial consequence or poor tom what i have left is 5 euros 60. $560.00 per day well yes and if my t.v. breaks down and i'm done for if my washing machine breaks i'm done for that's life always going out for coffee or something no no we don't need that we don't exist anymore. no one talks about us. this is the smallest amount of money in rejects that has had in our lifetime pension isn't enough to live on social security covers a rent after other fixed costs like electricity and medicine she's left with $5.00 euros 60 per day to pay for food cleaning products repairs and everything else. reply as it is priceless mrs price would i can't say to myself today i'm going to buy this or that no i really have to look out for bargains is this comes to just one vandals of a flat when did you last go shopping apart from food for clothes for example not at all of the last time shopping probably 2530 years a