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kain_kusanagi said: Huh? Of course you don't NEED more than you NEED. But you DESERVE what you EARN. 10% is more than enough for the state to run. What we need to do is stop allowing welfare lifers and all the other governement waste. I'll tell you what we don't need. We don't need to pay lazy people to make babies and stay at home to watch TV, smoke and drink. |
Only providing the elderly (that is 20% of the population) a basic government pension takes up 5% GDP in the Netherlands (a typical European state). Then getting the elderly healthcare costs roughly another 5% GDP which they won't be able to afford on their own.
Then there are some basic expenses like rent on government loans (2% GDP), a pathetic military (1% GDP), police and justice system (1,5% GDP), infrastructure (1% GDP)
