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The social security is very good and reassuring in Europe, so for example when there was no income in my household (I come from a working class background), we got about $1000 dollars a month until we sorted things out. We also got an apartment for $300 a month from the local government. Now we have good jobs and had to return that through taxes, but it was nice having that and being able to move forward.
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Do you mean 1,000 a week? Or Euros? Because 1,300 dollars in benefits isn't really a lot, even in the context fo the US system.
That's 15,600 for a whole year.
Meanwhile...
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Around $1000 per month per adult person with no income. Plus the apartment rent at $400 a month. An average salary is probably $2000 a month there so not bad. Of course that's just two programs in my region, not a cumulative of all programs like in that chart. Not counting unemployment benefits etc.
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Was more a case of wondering about the situation then anything.
Research generally shows that while the US has a much more progressive tax system, it doesn't nearly spend as much on social welfare as europeon countries.
