According to the currenty poverty report, every fifth German family counts as poor. Surprising, considering that Gemany pours huge amounts of money into its social welfare programs. You can't really call it poverty, according to experts like Berlin's Minister of Finance, Thilo Sarrazin. Nevertheless the numbers of people technically under the poverty line are rising. People and Politics reports on a family living at the edge of poverty in Germany, and how they are trying to make ends meet.