> this is where the large majority of my tax euros go. Actually this isn't true. your tax euros go to paying down the debt on loans taken out to pay for these

> this is where the large majority of my tax euros go. Actually this isn't true. your tax euros go to paying down the debt on loans taken out to pay for these things. Under this system ultimately one of two things happens -- it's either unsustainable and you lose those niceties, or, the euro gets devalued and the only way you get those niceties is by absolutely routing the lower class (even under European gas and water socialism the divide between rich and poor is increasing. Get ready for a big hike in this divide over the next five years as the euro loses its PPP and needs to start defense spending to safeguard trading relationships). Especially hurt will be underprivileged Europeans, like stateless Turks in Germany or immigrants living in banlieues in France.