Re: What are some not so obvious things that damage a country's economy?
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The point of government supporting "the parasites" (as you put it) is in fact to keep them containedI mean it may be cheaper to pay off them than to cope later with the negative consequences they will otherwise produce (like crime, drugs, diseases, and so on)
Unfortunately the government is not even doing a good job with bribing them. You'd think they've already mastered the art of bribery at this point, ha!
Give someone free food and he'll come back for seconds. Take for example welfare money being given for every kid a single mother have. It's got the point you have women bluntly making it their dream to just live off the welfare and not work. And they and their kids will remain money sinks forever, how likely are kids going to escape that set up.
So eventually you'd havr MORE people that are engaged in a parasitic lifestyle while the number of responsible people decrease (since they'll likely avoid having too many kids).