This is who rules the roost presently, the Marxist radicals of the 60’s and 70’s now have their hands on the levers of power.
But first, a word from the late great Milton Friedman:
NOTE: Though the Left has handled the ‘problem’ of illegals not receiving benefits, by granting them regardless of their illegal status. Goes to show how much has transpired since the days of Milton Friedman. I’d love to hear what he would say about the current situation.
Welfare for Immigrants: EU Wants Fortress Germany to Open Up
By SPIEGEL Staff
Brussels is demanding that even foreigners who have never worked in Germany should have access to the country’s unemployment benefits if they hail from an EU member state. The EU is firing Germany’s already overheated immigration debate.
Lazlo Andor knows from personal experience just how advantageous it can be to go abroad. The Hungarian politician studied economics at universities in Washington and Manchester and then worked as a professor in New Jersey for almost four years. Today he’s the commissioner responsible for social affairs on the European Commission in Brussels. The social democrat is fond of saying that the right to live and work anywhere one wants in Europe is “one of the cornerstones of EU integration.”
Last Friday, he sent a strong message to the German public. In a 40-page position paper for the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, the EU’s highest court, Andor’s staff argues that access to Germany’s social system be simplified for other EU citizens.
More here. H/T: Fjordman
