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Stratos · 01-25-2005, 02:24 PM

Well, the article is quite pro-Europe, but an interresting read nonetheless.

A mistake that it seems that many American critics to Europe's welfare system are making is that they focus too much on how the system is currently working, and not much about how it can improve. I think the future welfare system in Europe will be smaller, more picky about who it gives aid to and will employ more personnel to track down any cheaters. It's already happening in the "Welfare State No. 1"; Sweden.

The very idea that a welfare state is doomed to fail by nature appears to be a more common idea in the US than in Europe. Thus the US isn't spending enough time and effort to fix the system, and are instead complaining that it doesn't work, while the Europeans regard it as a holy cow and is constantly finetuning it.

01-25-2005, 02:24 PM	#2
Stratos Vampire Join Date: January 29, 2003 Location: Sweden Age: 44 Posts: 3,888	Well, the article is quite pro-Europe, but an interresting read nonetheless. A mistake that it seems that many American critics to Europe's welfare system are making is that they focus too much on how the system is currently working, and not much about how it can improve. I think the future welfare system in Europe will be smaller, more picky about who it gives aid to and will employ more personnel to track down any cheaters. It's already happening in the "Welfare State No. 1"; Sweden. The very idea that a welfare state is doomed to fail by nature appears to be a more common idea in the US than in Europe. Thus the US isn't spending enough time and effort to fix the system, and are instead complaining that it doesn't work, while the Europeans regard it as a holy cow and is constantly finetuning it. __________________ Nothing is impossible, it's just a matter of probability.