Comment by joe_mamba

7 days ago

>Singapore has a regressive shock absorber model where something like half the country are immigrants that are ineligible for, say, public housing which even the better off citizens take advantage of in Singapore

It's similar in Vienna where only native Viennese are immediately eligible for social housing, but outsiders will end up paying into the system without being eligible.

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zorked  6 days ago

This is a common arrangement in Europe. Ex-Europe foreigners contribute to, for example, unemployment insurance, but are generally not able to use it because they get their work licenses revoked if they become unemployed.

They still have to contribute though.

  • joe_mamba  6 days ago

    >but are generally not able to use it because they get their work licenses revoked if they become unemployed

    Not true for unemployment. Your unemployment benefits is based on how many years you contributed into the system, just as the locals.

erichocean  7 days ago

> outsiders will end up paying into the system

By definition, outsiders don't have to pay into the system since they already have a gov't somewhere else that is dedicated to them, just like the Viennese do.

  • joe_mamba  7 days ago

    >By definition, outsiders don't have to pay into the system

    They absolutely do pay into the system when they move to and work in Vienna. By outsiders in this context I meant foreign workers. I assumed that was clear from the context of the discussion.