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> it doesn't seem that the middle class in those countries is shrinking at the same rate. Do you have a source for this? I think Western Europe's middle class
by rphlx 16y ago
> it doesn't seem that the middle class in those countries is shrinking at the same rate.
Do you have a source for this? I think Western Europe's middle class is facing a lot of pressure too due to immigration. Not sure about Canada.
> One common alternative hypothesis, the lack of an aggressively redistributive tax system
Dude, people on welfare are not middle class. At least not for long.
- cdavid 16y agoRedistributive tax system and welfare are not the same thing at all.
- _delirium 16y agoScandinavian-style social safety nets and redistributive taxes aren't designed to just put people "on welfare" indefinitely, but aim to make it easier to live a comfortable middle-class lifestyle, both by providing public goods that people don't have to pay for themselves, and by subsidizing educational/etc. opportunities. For example, Denmark provides free health care, free child care, free education (incl. university), free job-training and continuing education programs, etc.