l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 1 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: lczlcz (lcz), 信区: USANews
标 题: 荷兰的福利制度也顶不住了－大幅度改革了
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Dec 25 18:00:05 2013, 美东)
Lessons from Dutch Welfare Reform
By Michael D. Tanner
Welfare advocates regularly urge Americans to look to the European welfare
state as a model. At least in the case of the Netherlands, they might be on
to something.
The Dutch have just announced a massive reform of their welfare system,
designed to reduce dependency and put a new emphasis on work. For example,
welfare applicants will now be required to prove that they spent at least 4
weeks actively searching for a job before they become eligible for any
assistance. And once they begin to receive benefits they will either have to
work or perform volunteer community service. Dutch welfare recipients would
be required to take available jobs even if they had to move or commute up
to three hours per day.
Given that just 42 percent of U.S. welfare recipients are engaged in even
broadly defined work activities (including job training, college, or job
search), and that an attempt to restore work requirements to the food stamp
program has been met with a storm of resistance, the Dutch appear to be much
more pro-work than we are.
Other reforms would reduce benefits by treating families as a single unit,
rather than as separate individuals. For instance a mother with two children
would receive a single payment rather than three separate payments. The
combined payment would be less, based on the assumption of “shared expense.”
According to the Dutch government, the reforms will ensure that welfare is
seen as “a safety net, rather than a right.”
What the Dutch apparently understand is that, in the long run, welfare
dependency hurts the very people it is designed to help. Making poverty a
bit more comfortable may be satisfying in the short term, but the real goal
should be to reduce the number of people in poverty. To do that requires
people to take more responsibility for their own lives.
That’s a lesson in European compassion that the U.S. could learn from. | m********s
发帖数: 55301 | 2 欧盟除了德国，其它的都很窘迫。
大家羡慕的瑞典，挪威。自己去实地生活2年就明白了。
on
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
: 发信人: lczlcz (lcz), 信区: USANews
: 标 题: 荷兰的福利制度也顶不住了－大幅度改革了
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Dec 25 18:00:05 2013, 美东)
: Lessons from Dutch Welfare Reform
: By Michael D. Tanner
: Welfare advocates regularly urge Americans to look to the European welfare
: state as a model. At least in the case of the Netherlands, they might be on
: to something.
: The Dutch have just announced a massive reform of their welfare system,
| h******u
发帖数: 130 | 3 乌托邦终极战胜不了人性。
【在 m********s 的大作中提到】
: 欧盟除了德国，其它的都很窘迫。
: 大家羡慕的瑞典，挪威。自己去实地生活2年就明白了。
:
: on
| m**********j
发帖数: 8645 | 4 还没说到那个层次。
在北欧住过一段时间。
怎么说呢。
假设，假设美国只有costco，没有amazon、沃尔玛、绿墙...这些大家耳熟能详的超级
商场百货店小卖部。
99%的老百姓的所有的吃穿喝用、家具、首饰、装饰都是在costco买的。各家都差不多。
北欧差不多就这样吧。
倒是挺好的，不用琢磨什么广告，不用货比三家的天天找deal了。
【在 h******u 的大作中提到】
: 乌托邦终极战胜不了人性。
| l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 5 我原来的公司有欧洲分部,每次欧洲分部的女孩到了美国后就疯狂采购victoria secret
的衣服,说是很便宜. | G****e
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