> Also, social services in Germany and many Scandinavian countries are not that far off and these countries do not have 50%+ unemployment. Especially in the ca

> Also, social services in Germany and many Scandinavian countries are not that far off and these countries do not have 50%+ unemployment. Especially in the case of Germany they're pretty far off. After loosing employment, iff you're looking for new employment, you indeed get ~60% of your former salary. For a maximum of 12 months, if you were employed for 2 years. But after that, or if you never worked, it's considerably less. ~400EUR, plus additional money for rent. Additionally there's age dependent additional money for each kid (~240EUR - 316EUR). And if you've independent income/wealth you're not eligible.