[fest]

That is, until those people realize that they most likely will need that assistance at some point of their lives (child birth, major health issues).

EDIT:

To expand a bit, my wife is currently in one of those situations. A government program allowed reduced social taxes for small businesses (<5 employees, <720EUR/month wage). The place my wife has worked for the past 5 years has been like that (her first workplace).

Now, with a child underway, we came to realize, that the social benefits she will be getting before and after birth will amount to maybe few tens of EUR/month (compared to 60% of previous wage when full social taxes are being paid).

[baybal2]

The issue there is that: A. Those people will get all of that anyways B. Paying more towards you EI, SI, and pensions there gives very little additional benefit C. Truckloads of people still in productive age are dependent on cash payouts from the state. You can imagine those are the ones who make the majority of the electorate of most Eastern European nutjob political parties