Yeah very true. So what I have read doesnt really conflict with what you are saying here, but its stuff like the average wages going down in the last 15 years (after the Hartz), and with no minimum income (and weak unions to establish collective bargaining agreements), many sectors have terrible wages and thus forces people to work more than one job. Im sure its even worse in other countries. But the media - at least here in Norway - portrays Germany is a kind of success story when it comes to the handling of the crisis - which I guess is true compared to most countries - but still doesnt change the fact, as you also wrote, that poverty is sharply increasing. Anyways, this is a huge derail, but its interesting nevertheless.
We are so rarely on topic here, it doesnt hurt to discuss some actually interesting things =p