How good is the welfare in Germany?

One year's work 187 days, giving birth to a child and getting 500 thousand, the prospect of Germany with high welfare is worrying.

The netizen asked that Germany arranged all the expenses from birth to death. How good are the benefits? Many people replied that in any case, they even said that "poverty is impossible to move" now, but they must let their children study hard and immigrate in the future.

Is Germany's welfare system really worth yearning for? Is there no problem?

Today we have a good talk.

First of all, introduce the welfare policy of Germany:

1, child welfare:

Maternity allowance: 1000 euros;

Milk powder subsidy: 300 Euros per month until 18 months later;

Maternity allowance: one child and two children per month 188 euros, three children per month 190 euros; Four children 2 15 euro. I received it until 18 years old or graduated from college.

Parenting allowance: 65438+ 100 Euro per month for children under 0 years old,

Education subsidy: all kindergartens to middle schools are free (including books and meals), and public universities are free of tuition.

If you have children, you can receive at least 6,700 euros from the government, equivalent to 500,000 RMB!

2. Medical benefits:

One person is insured and the whole family enjoys it; Free medical care is more extensive; High income helps low income.

3. Employee benefits:

Work only 187 days a year, and the rest 178 days are weekends, annual leave and holidays; No work on rest days; Wages can only go up but not down; Unemployment insurance can receive 63% to 68% of normal wages.

4. Pension benefits:

At the age of 65, you can receive a monthly pension of 1750 euros.

Half of the year is a rest day, and giving birth to a child can get 500 thousand. Germany's high welfare is really desirable, but do you know what kind of crisis is behind it?

After consulting a lot of materials, the author found that,

High welfare has four main consequences:

1, high welfare leads to high taxes, and high-quality enterprises are expelled.

Germany's welfare expenditure accounts for one-third of GDP, which also makes the average tax rate in Germany exceed 40%! Such a high tax rate is driving high-quality enterprises out of Germany. The data shows that the labor cost in the United States is $30, Japan is $29 and Germany is $40. The high labor cost makes enterprises move R&D centers out of Germany. In the long run, the German economy will be in danger.

2, high welfare results in high unemployment rate, and a decent life without work.

According to statistics, there are 5 million long-term recipients in Germany, and this number is still expanding. According to the above statement, Germans can get unemployment benefits and various subsidies if they don't work, which add up to close to the average salary. If you do black jobs secretly (the kind that doesn't pay taxes and social security), your income will be much higher than that of normal jobs.

3, high welfare has caused great unfairness, and the group that gets something for nothing has been expanding.

More and more people join the "lazy" group. These lazy people not only receive unemployment benefits and maternity subsidies, but also continue to receive various advances and in-kind relief from the Social Security Bureau. He can collect wedding rings, washing machines, gas stoves, even clothes, rent, anything you can think of, and even continue to receive cash for the same reason after receiving the real thing.

4, high welfare can not come down, and even cause political turmoil.

When the Social Security Bureau becomes an ATM for lazy people, the whole society will not work together for national happiness, but "serve lazy people". This kind of situation, German high-level is not unknown, and has been trying to change. But once the welfare is improved, it will be difficult to go on. Whoever dares to reform the welfare system will be elected immediately. Some politicians drink poison to quench their thirst, and even continue to promise to continue to overweight the welfare system during the campaign. Germany is increasingly on the road of high welfare.

Germany is a developed country with huge capital and technological advantages, which enables Germany to make use of its excess profits in the international market and live a better life than most countries in the world. However, the premise of distribution is economic development. Without the creation of social wealth, high welfare will bring down a country sooner or later and achieve nothing in the end.

References:

The Logic, Policy and Enlightenment of Cost Reduction in German Welfare System

The Challenge of Economic Globalization to European Welfare Countries: Taking Germany as an Example