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by eeZah7Ux 2716 days ago
Yes: free healthcare, unemployment checks, public housing like in various countries in Europe.

So that people can go to work out of personal choice and not out of desperation.

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I sincerely have no idea how this answers the question. I think you either misunderstood me and the whole thread or have accidentally replied to someone else. I'm European, we have wealth here as well.

Or maybe I am the one misunderstanding, in which case - you can be sure I am a supporter of social safety net.

However as someone experienced not only with the excellent public healthcare system in the north of Europe or in Germany, but with the more average ones in the union as well, IMO you should look at Switzerland more than at the EU. You talk of the EU system as if it is awesome everywhere - it's not. Answer for yourself - are your local governments as efficient, robust and not corrupt as the German is?