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Also a huge problem is that you get this living support based on your income, and it has no proper upper bounds. One could receive hundreds if not a thousand eu
by pvdebbe 10y ago
Also a huge problem is that you get this living support based on your income, and it has no proper upper bounds. One could receive hundreds if not a thousand euro in extra support if they chose to live in a costly neighborhood (namely, central Helsinki). Even more of a disincentivizing factor to consider here.
- ptaipale 10y agoIt used to be even more weird. About 20 years ago, when our kids were small, I was simultaneously in two groups: 1) High income: My personal gross income was among the top 20 % of earners. Thus, high taxes. 2) Poverty: My family's net income after housing expenses was below the threshold of the last-resort income support. All it took was having three small children, wife not working as the youngest was a newborn thus only the minimal maternity allowance, Helsinki region housing costs and the progressive taxation of "high earners". The way to get out of it was to take a job abroad for a while. But Finland is my home, even if I hate some parts of the welfare state politics, so I came back.