There are many people in Germany, working as so called 'Aufstocker' which means their job is paying too low, so get government subisidies until they reach at le

There are many people in Germany, working as so called 'Aufstocker' which means their job is paying too low, so get government subisidies until they reach at least what they would get as (longtime) unemployed money. Imagine single moms, one or a few kids, working service industry. But also many other people, in low payed service industries, sub-sub-sub-contracted temp jobbing, and so on. This phenomenon is not limited to Portugal. Sometimes the kids get chromebooks, or tablets from whomever 'for free', but not everywhere. Besides that, there are other things to pay for in school, even if school itself is free. €400 is a lot for many, catastrophically so, sometimes.