In the Netherlands one gets around $ 1000 welfare if you are single and $ 1500 welfare if you have kids. As a plus you get around $ 90 for healthcare and a large chunk of your rent paid by the state. That does not mean one can sit on his or hers lazy arse. You have to proof that you look for a job and you have to do something back like cleaning the streets or help out at a school or retirement home.
In NED, what are the income qualifications or unemployment qualifications to receive the welfare? I'm curious where the country sets that bar.
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Should you loose your job, you are liable to get 75% of your last pay from the state from a periode of 3 months to 2 years. Should you not have a job afterwards you get wellfare providing you have less than 5k on your bank, are willing to sell your house and proof that you are looking for a job. If you are under 27 than you are sent to school if you have no qualifications. Wellfare is organized by the state and by the towncouncil. Even beggars can get wellfare if they have a PO box.