When I write about the “suicidal” welfare state in Europe, I’m generally making an economic argument that involves demographic change, labor participation rates, and fiscal burdens.
And that’s a non-trivial argument, based on very sobering data from
the Bank for International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Today, though, let’s focus on a different version of “suicidal” welfare. This occurs when governments subsidize terrorists who hate and despise modern society.
And while these deadbeats are mostly spreading chaos and misery in the Middle East, one can’t help but wonder what will happen when they return to Europe.
We’ll start by looking at how Danish taxpayers have been underwriting jihad.
More than 30 Danish jihadists have collected unemployment benefits totaling 379,000 Danish krone (€51,000; $55,000) while fighting with the Islamic State in Syria, according to leaked intelligence documents. The fraud…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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