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1. mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@loadaverage.org)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 09:33:15 EST mangeurdenuage
   Lets that from your work 7/7 almost 14/18 hours, you brass 40k per month and at the end after paying what the government forces you to pay you only got 1k and you've still have some charges like electricity, kids etc...
   Would you just abandon everything because you're stuck in the sand since the past 8 years and just find a normal employment that's paid minimum wage without governmental charge and also social help for housing ?
   1. Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1) (lnxw37a1@loadaverage.org)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2017 09:55:31 EST Linux Walt (@lnxw37a1)

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      I think you mean 4K/month (Euros?). First off, if taxes take 3/4 of your income, it is time to start the process of moving to another nation. If total taxation tops 50%, there is much less reason to try to work hard, since most of the benefit goes to someone else.
      
      I guess that's the answer. I don't think I would willingly place myself in a situation where I was dependent on public support if I had the choice to support myself and my family. Maybe the European experience differs, but in the US, being on public support as a child was awful enough that as an adult I have gone without food rather than allow the bureaucrats to dictate what, when, and how much I may eat.