Screamapillar said:
For my hypothesis about France and the changing demographics in Europe? Do what I did... Google. |
The birth-rate scare i tend to find a conservative boondoggle more than anything. Europe will transform the Muslim immigrants long before they have a chance at meaningfully transforming Europe, whatever Right-White alarmists may say on the matter. Even in the span of a generation, values radically change, so even if first-gen Muslim immigrants have no interest in assimilating with European culture and western mores, their kids will have some interest, and *their* children yet more.
Birth rates in general are a larger issue, but certainly not insurmountable. France is a bad example because they've just let the public sector become far too bloated in general, while Southern Europe is just silly with corruption, leading to large-scale tax-dodging and governments quite willing to cook the books, as in Greece, Italy, and Spain.
In Northern Europe you see a different story: functioning socialism through sane, trim governments that work with markets, and not against them.
And you certainly can legislate the poor into prosperity, but its a matter of how you choose to do so. Simply giving them cash will see no difference, but giving them the ability to better themselves, by having stable housing, enough food to eat, clothing, education, and health, then they'll be capable of seeking out the paths to prosperity.
A side note on comparative health care is that the American system has too much care. We're over-perscribed, over-diagnosed, and over-analyzed. A lot of time is wasted on giving care to people who don't need it.
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