In 1889, the German Government decided to use the postal service as an information network to create Social Security.

889年，德国政府决定将邮政用作,建立的社会保障的信息网络。

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German social security taxes are lower than French, unemployment benefits last less long and so on.

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We have taken the necessary steps to make sure that the social security systems will resist in the future and that the competitiveness of the German economy is strengthened.

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