Friday, May 23, 2008

On the dole in Denmark

I wouldn't want anyone to rush off to Memorial Day weekend in a festive mood, so here's a sobering description of what's going on in Denmark, thanks to Kathy. Denmark welcomed immigrants, giving them generous welfare benefits, etc. Then the Danes noticed that many Muslims were not interested in assimilating, but were happy to remain on the dole. The official estimate in 2006 was that "if immigration from Third World countries were blocked, 75 percent of the cuts needed to sustain the huge welfare system in coming decades would be unnecessary."

And just think, those payments also supported burgeoning crime; in 2002 it was estimated that "Muslims are only 4 percent of Denmark's 5.4 million people but make up a majority of the country's convicted rapists." Happy Memorial Day!

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