(October 14, 2018 at 4:14 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: There is a lot of trade offs though for the European system. For example the American unemployment rate is 3 or 4% right now. France is 9% and Spain is 16%. So that welfare state of theirs comes at a price. I literally found a job the first day I was looking in the US twice this year. Also Spain has a large part of Spain that doesn't even want to be part of the country anymore.
American's might not protest the same as Europeans (Alphamale has no idea what an unruly mob actually looks like.) because we don't really have that many problems. If our unemployment rate goes to 16%, you are going to see some social unrest here.
I'm basically in favor of most protests or riots, irregardless of what they are protesting. I like a little chaos, I think it's healthy for our leaders to be a little nervous, no matter the political party.
Sure. There are some trade-offs. But (going by conversations I've had, articles I've read) Europe's social infrastructure is more geared towards helping the average person out, whilst the American welfare state focuses on the "most needy."
I've have friends/family who were dependent on social assistance and wanted to work, but they dare not get a job, lest their benefits be revoked. In Europe, those benefits are extended even to those who work full time. Wouldn't ya know it, sometimes those people need a little help too...
