Which is how illiterate Achmed and Isha (both unemployed, and generally unemployable) monetize their spawn of six to ten (on top of rent grants and other sundry benefits) to make a pretty good life for themselves at a level much better than they could ever hope for in their home country... while Michael and Michaela can't really afford to have more than one child if they want to keep their hard-earned middle class life style due to a crippling tax burden and high housing costs. Which are used to subsidize...go back to the top of this paragraph...
I didn’t say these programs work. Having lived 4 years in Germany and married to a German for 50 years, there are myriad reasons why ethnic Germans are not reproducing. Much of it has to do with an over-regulated, over-taxed society and the legacy of communism in the East. Despite the great economic prosperity of Germany as a country, wealth has not trickled down to the individual who sees it very difficult to change their station in life. As a result, Germans are more interested in themselves than the sacrifice necessary to raise a family.
Having lived 13 years in Europe in five different countries, I have seen the insidious consequences of the welfare state. It stifles the individual. People are on an endless treadmill to nowhere.