I understand that you are arguing that the pre-crash conditions caused the crashed, and well, that much is obvious. Still the 80ies combination of low unemployment, good benefits existed. So I am trying to understand how you relate those conditions to your theory. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
If you pay people a lot not to work, they won't work.
people would have stayed home and enjoyed their benefits in the 80ies. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
The important thing is the difference between working and not working.
And then you have the moral protestant thing. People who work detest paying for people who can work but won't. They have no trouble supporting people who can't work (sick etc) or people who are trying to find new jobs. In this way a basic state funded wage starts undermining the credibility of the ordinary welfare state in the mind of the voters.
While you have the right to be supported, you also have the duty to contribute and not be a burden, as much as you can. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
