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Re:Europe's Waiting Room by lordnacho on Sunday August 02, 2015 @03:58PM (#9992164)
>I don't really mind letting a lot of people in who are willing and able to work. I mind letting people in who are going to receive the very generous welfare payments Denmark gives out, and which are part of the social contract since they never payed into the system.

Quite a lot of locals have a negative balance vs the system. Doesn't it seem a bit arbitrary to leave it that way? How about a probation system... learn the language, get a job, limit the money you can take, and don't commit any crimes.

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Re:Europe's Waiting Room by venomsnake on Sunday August 02, 2015 @04:13PM (#9992238)
> Doesn't it seem a bit arbitrary to leave it that way?

It is not arbitrary. A country has obligations fundamentally only to its citizens. The whole sovereignty thing.

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Re:Europe's Waiting Room by lordnacho on Sunday August 02, 2015 @04:23PM (#9992281)
The whole notion of sovereignty in its current form is an accident of European history. The borders of the world can't be said to be much other than arbitrary, for huge pieces of it.

Seen another way, you could remove the citizenship of people who went negative. Then you'd be rid of your obligations.

If it sounds absurd, that's because it is.

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