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I find this 'welfare scrounger' outrage coming from britain laughable. Britain has the least generous welfare system of any rich european country, yet you get t
by marshallp 17y ago
I find this 'welfare scrounger' outrage coming from britain laughable. Britain has the least generous welfare system of any rich european country, yet you get the most compaints from there.
- gaius 17y agoIt's because we're the most accomodating. Seriously, try speaking to the Swedish or French government in anything other than the national language. Only the UK will automatically hire a translator. Generous welfare is no use if you can't claim it. That's the secret of most European countries. Why do you think all those people already in a safe country, France, are trying to get from Sangatte to Dover? It's not "asylum" once you're already safe!
- glymor 17y agoFrance/Germany restricted entrance from the enlarged EU; whereas upper estimates of 500,000 new migrants entered the UK. From an economic perspective the backlash has been undeserved: broad agreement that immigration is likely to have reduced the natural rate of unemployment ... By 2006Q3, only 353/2328 applications for income support; 859/5154 applications for incoming based jobseekers allowance; ("The Impact of the Recent Migration from Eastern Europe on the UK Economy" Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England.)
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