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In most of Europe, Germany has been seen as a solid, hard working nation for many years. If I had to use one word: efficiency above all. But recently, with Mer

In most of Europe, Germany has been seen as a solid, hard working nation for many years. If I had to use one word: efficiency above all. But recently, with Merkel's immigration policy (or ineptness?), the country is being overrun with North Africa immigrants, who are a drag on rich social care system, taking a lot out while not contributing their equal share back to it. (Eastern Europe calls this process cultural enrichment, which is a clear sarcasm.) I'm wondering about contrast between "best international image" and the perceived reality. Good marketing comes to mind.

amigoingtodie 9y ago
Come to the US and help fund our opioid treatments and naloxone purchases.
ianbooker 9y ago
That is not just plain wrong, but also far right propaganda. In fact, the system needs these immigrants for the workforce in the long term. But that is an argument far beyond the grasp of most people. SAD.
- FeepingCreature 9y ago
  In the long term, automation makes these immigrants completely redundant though.
smcl 9y ago
HN is no place for your racist hate. Take it elsewhere
42656e 9y ago
They aren't immigrants, they are refugees. They aren't in the same social care system as German citizens and haven't actually impacted the quality of social care for regular citizens at all. Contrary to popular belief it's actually not easy at all to gain citizenship status. Hosting a million refugees does cost a lot (~20B € annually), but it is constitutionally required to guarantee that everyone in Germany is treated with human dignity.
sctb 9y ago
Please don't violate the guidelines with comments like this. > Off-Topic: ... Ideological or political battle or talking points. > Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents. > Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

amigoingtodie 9y ago

Come to the US and help fund our opioid treatments and naloxone purchases.

ianbooker 9y ago

That is not just plain wrong, but also far right propaganda. In fact, the system needs these immigrants for the workforce in the long term. But that is an argument far beyond the grasp of most people. SAD.

FeepingCreature 9y ago
In the long term, automation makes these immigrants completely redundant though.

smcl 9y ago

HN is no place for your racist hate. Take it elsewhere

42656e 9y ago

They aren't immigrants, they are refugees. They aren't in the same social care system as German citizens and haven't actually impacted the quality of social care for regular citizens at all. Contrary to popular belief it's actually not easy at all to gain citizenship status. Hosting a million refugees does cost a lot (~20B € annually), but it is constitutionally required to guarantee that everyone in Germany is treated with human dignity.

sctb 9y ago

Please don't violate the guidelines with comments like this. > Off-Topic: ... Ideological or political battle or talking points. > Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents. > Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html