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Is the goal to live without working or without being in the system? If it's the first, maybe living here, in Finland, in a small, cheap village and living off t
by vjk800 3y ago
Is the goal to live without working or without being in the system? If it's the first, maybe living here, in Finland, in a small, cheap village and living off the unemployment benefits would work. There are plenty of people who have been unemployed their whole lives.
I guess there's a very small amount of work filling all the benefit forms and subjecting yourself to whatever periodic checks the officials want to make, but it's not very much at all.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoThis wouldn't work in the Netherlands (anymore); while we're known to have a good social security system, if you're filing for unemployment or the other kind of support, you're expected to put in the work and show that you're doing so by doing courses, making applications, etc. Failure to do so means your benefits are cut.
- totallywrong 3y agoInterestingly, the Netherlands has the largest squatters community that I know of, with lots of buildings across the country that have been occupied for a long time, legally it seems.
- tonyedgecombe 3y agoIt's the same in the UK which is why the number of people claiming job seekers allowance is tiny. However squeezing that benefit has resulted in a massive increase in the number of people claiming disability allowance.
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