a calculator with the word `sozialstaat` in german, `welfare state` in english lies on many euro banknotes

abstractly assistance background bank banknotes basic benefit billions bills budget burden calculator capital care coffers concept cost costs crisis debt english euro excessive expenditure explosion federal figuratively financial german illustration image level lies many millions money notes overspending pay priceless principle redistribution reform republic right social sozialausgaben sozialstaat state subsistence symbolic symbolically taxes unemployment wealth welfare word