Ernie S.
Diamond Member
There in lies the problem. People who live off the labor of others, should be ashamed.[
Those countries lack a leech class as a societal norm and are not overrun with, nor do they tolerate illegal immigrants.
Sex in Holland is foreigner / tourist racket (both provider and client) and contraception is mandatory.
Again evidence of self-accountable people.
What they have is welfare without shame.
They also protect their industries and put employment above profits, but let's look at welfare benefits in Germany.
Keeping in mind that Germany was the first country to develop both social security AND universal health care... let's look at this.
The system is designed to help people in need and is thus also known as the “social net”. This is necessary, above all, for poor people, i.e. those with a disposable income of less than 781 Euro a month, about 13% of the Germans. A further 13% are protected from the same fate by means of state benefit payments. They receive welfare aid, housing allowance, maintenance support and other benefits. However, it is not only the impoverished who receive social benefits in Germany, but also old people, bereaved dependants, sick persons and invalids, children, parents, the unemployed and the job-seekers. For all of these Germany has been spending at least 700 bn Euro a year since the beginning of the 21st century. In 2007 it was 706.9 bn Euro, almost 22 times as much as in 1960. Also in terms of percentage of the GDP the costs have risen enormously in the last 40 years. In 1960 just under 21% of public revenue went into the welfare budget, in 1970 it was 23% and in 2007 29%.
Wow! Didn't anyone tell them Socialism doesn't work?
People who are able to work should be working, whether it is picking up garbage in the park or scrubbing toilets for rich people.