(March 24, 2016 at 11:43 am)Mathilda Wrote:(March 24, 2016 at 11:27 am)Brian37 Wrote: Unlike some selfish people here, I see government assistance as a benefit. But if they want to say you shouldn't have it, the best way to reduce it would be to pay livable wages, provide enough hours at work, and at the same time not raise prices. But if they want me to cry for the uber rich, like the Kochs or Walmart family, I'll laugh in their faces.
If you're made redundant in Germany then you get paid 2/3rds of your previous wage to give you time to find a new job that is suitable for your skill set. It's not in anyone's interests for highly skilled people to just take anything they can in order to survive.
Tax is really high in Germany but so is the standard of living. You know that the tax isn't being wasted on the military in the same way that it is in the UK and US.
Hold on now, "It's not in anyone's interests for highly skilled people to just take anything they can"....... Who is claiming that. I think you missed the part where i said it is still important that everyone be educated the best they can. Of course you want the brightest on the top, but with everything in life the higher up you go, the more competition there is and the fewer spots there are. I am not suggesting at all nobody ever move up. I just said it is important everyone be as educated as they can no matter where they end up.
It isn't an either/or thing at all, it is a stability issue. It still remains you cant keep stretching the difference between the top and bottom and expect that rubber band not to break.
