Quote:System plays a big role too. The welfare system where I live provides young people with a large weekly wage and rent supplements if you don't have a job. Pretty much anyone can apply and once you know the rules you can stay in it forever. The more kids you have the more you make too

 

The problem with that is, divide the population of the U.S. by the population of your country (Ireland) then do the math.  Something like that is not sustainable.

 

The other problem is getting people that don't have a job to work.  There are far too many lazy people that would happily live off of the government teet (tax paying citizens) rather than get off of their butts and go to work.  Some think that just because they have a college degree they should be "entitled" to a job that pays higher wages.  They would rather sit on their butts and collect welfare and/or unemployment than take a job that is "beneath them".  I've seen it first hand.

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