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原帖由 rickysmum 于 2010-8-14 23:57 发表 
搂住听起来振振有词,其实你恨肤浅。你一定骄傲自己是个社会精英,只纳税,从来没享受过社会福利。(这样的人很多)其实,你因该心存感激,因为你一直以来运气很好,从小衣食无忧,受良好教育,身体健康,没有生理,心里残疾,很幸运没有失业。 ...
Can't agree with you.
I bet when we retire, there will be little or no welfare at all. This economic model is not sustainable.
Australia is importing labor resource every year. But no matter how many immigrants come, it will still be short of labor force. Because the difference between working and living on welfare is not enough to force people to work.
I personally know some people who live on welfare, they're living in bigger houses than I'm living in, they're driving better cars than I'm driving. Because they need to spend all the money they're paid by centralink, to be qualified to recieve the money next month. They're not rich, but they pay little fare for public transportation, they enjoy a lot of discount in pharmarcy and electricity bills. They don't want to work at all.
The politicians don't want to lose the vote from those people, so they turn to the world labor market. But this will delay the problem and make it even bigger in the long term.
Australia now has 6 working people supporting 1 retired people, so they can enjoy a rich and dignit retired life. By the time when we retire, this ratio may be 1/3 or 1/2. Age care alone will consume significant social resources.
If you have read the articles about age care, you know how hard a work it is. How can you persuade the young people to give up their comfortable life, and work hard to become a nurse? By that time, Australia can no longer import more workers, or sell more minerals. The only way out was to reduce the welfare, even people who really need it cannot get it. And you won't be suprised to see trouble makers come back to the streets.
In Australia, the rules always benefit the rogue. But if they keep doing so, you cannot rely on people's conscience not to become one. Australia is safe now doesn't mean it will be safe forever, paying a protection fee won't solve the problem. |
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