Chapter 419 Cobra Dilemma
Looking at Walter's angry expression, Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Okay, now all of us Chinese treat these things as jokes. Only ignorant people will believe them. Of course, there are quite a few people like this now. After all, our country is too big and there are too many people. You can't expect everyone to be broad-minded, right?"
Walter nodded and was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Boss, I need your help with something."
"What's the matter?" Xiao Peng asked puzzledly.
Walter said: "I want to immigrate to France for my wife and children. Of course, not Paris, but Marseille. But you also know that the taxes in France are too high. I wonder if you can help me solve the tax problem."
Xiao Peng nodded. "You should talk to Fabian about this, but I don't quite understand. Isn't it good in Germany? Why do you want to immigrate?"
Fabian laughed and said, "Xiao, don't you understand? Walter is expressing his loyalty to you, meaning that he intends to serve you for the rest of his life."
Walter shook his head and said, "Fabian, I won't deny that I've met a very good boss. In fact, I'm very grateful to you for introducing us to him. But being a bodyguard is not something you can do forever. When our skills and reactions slow down and we can't continue this job, we will naturally not make things difficult for the boss."
Xiao Peng laughed and said, "Come on, when did I ever treat you as bodyguards? Normally, we're just friends."
Walter nodded. "Yes, Boss. I'm still thanking you for inviting my family skiing. I've been working outside all day and haven't been fulfilling my responsibilities as a good father and husband. This is a good opportunity to get closer to my family."
Xiao Peng waved his hand: "Don't say that. If you say anything more, I'll fire you. I feel like I'm the villain who destroys other people's families."
Fabian asked curiously, "But if you don't want to work for Xiao forever, why do you want to immigrate? Or go to France with its high taxes?"
Walter thought for a moment and said, "Before I worked for the boss, my family's income was not good, and my wife had to go to Diaconi to work for a long time. Now our family's life is better, but the people from Diaconi have found my wife again."
Xiao Peng frowned after hearing this. "'Diakoni'? What the hell is that? Why does it sound like a criminal organization? Is it a gang?"
Walter's face darkened after hearing this: "What kind of gang is this? It's a social welfare organization!"
Xiao Peng was puzzled and asked, "Social welfare organization? That's a good thing. Why do you sound so worried?"
Walter shook his head. "Social welfare organizations have become the biggest problem facing Germany. Germany is now caught in a 'Cobra dilemma.'"
Fabian on the side asked curiously: "'Cobra Dilemma'? What does this mean?"
Xiao Peng answered his doubts: "It's like this. When the British colonized India, there were many cobras in Delhi. To reduce the snake infestation, the British issued a policy: Indian citizens would be rewarded one rupee for killing a cobra. So the Indian people collectively killed snakes, and almost wiped out all the snakes in Delhi. But without snakes, there was no money to be made, so some Indians simply started breeding cobras to defraud the bounty. When the British found out about this, they canceled the bounty. The Indian snake breeders, seeing that there was no profit in raising cobras, released all their cobras into the wild, resulting in an even more serious snake infestation in Delhi. This is the so-called 'cobra dilemma', which refers to the fact that some well-intentioned policies, after implementation, not only fail to achieve the expected results, but instead make the situation worse."
Walter nodded. "That's right. This is also the situation in German social welfare organizations. You all know that the automotive industry is Germany's pillar industry, employing over 800,000 people. And how many people work in the social assistance industry? Over 2 million! That's more than the total number of people employed in the automotive, construction, and food industries combined!"
"Damn, it turns out that Germany's real pillar industry is the social welfare industry?" Xiao Peng exclaimed.
Walter nodded. "Take Diaconi, for example, where my wife worked. They have nearly 30,000 organizations and service points in Germany, hundreds of thousands of full-time staff, and nearly a million volunteers."
Xiao Peng whistled.
Germany has a total population of 80 million. How can this one charity support so many people?
Xiao Peng suddenly waved his hands and said, "Wait! Walter, what are you doing? If I remember correctly, Germany's welfare can be described in 28 words: the hungry have food, the thirsty have water, the prisoners have visits, the sick have medical care, the outsiders have a place to stay, the naked have clothes, and finally a good ending! Your welfare here is even better than France! It's all thanks to this huge social assistance industry that guarantees the lives of the poor. So why are you still complaining?"
Just how good is Germany's social welfare? For example, Apple's new electronics are primarily targeted at people on welfare in Germany! The poor don't have to work and can live comfortably on monthly welfare checks.
Walter nodded and said, "Boss, you're right, but... let me put it this way, the country with the most young beggars in Europe is Germany. The elderly here live very well because of the excellent welfare, but the young people have no way out."
"Why is this happening?" Xiao Peng asked in confusion.
Walter explained: "Germany's welfare assistance work is outsourced to private organizations for management. This is to avoid government opacity and inefficiency. However, the income of private assistance agencies comes from government subsidies, which means that the more people they serve, the more government subsidies they get! Only by serving more people can they get more assistance from the government, so they try their best to enlist more people to receive welfare. 95% of people in Germany have become customers of assistance agencies at least once, and there are many cases of unqualified people. Why are there so many refugees in Germany? It is all the result of obstruction by assistance agencies. Refugees are the target of those welfare agencies! As for the social problems brought by refugees, they are not their concern. What is even more terrifying is: directly in social assistance... National legislators who hold senior corporate positions account for 35% of all hospitals in our country! Isn't Germany currently caught in a 'Cobra dilemma'? The best residential areas in Heidelberg are social welfare areas, rented out to the poor and the homeless. Medical care is free, the environment is beautiful, and the annual rent for a room is only one euro! And what about us ordinary people? All the funds are used for welfare, and the government can't even afford to repair the sewers! My wife used to work for Diaconi, and now they have come to her and asked her to support them in passing new regulations to increase the city government's charitable funds and formulate a public mutual aid policy! Oh my God! If this is really passed, my family will be required to accommodate three refugees according to the regulations! How can we live like this? "
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