"Still germans pay taxes in the country they live in- unlike Americans" - I consider it to be freedom to have the possibility to escape the taxation of the country you have a passport from.
They all expect it.
Sure, and the state has to pay Sozialhilfe as long it can afford it. Of course, we have to probe what´s necessary and who does not need the help. Our system which was meant to be a social net, pushing people, who have fallen, up again has changed to a social bed, making it too comfortable to contribute again. People have to learn again that its not the state working for them, and I KNOW that people learning that right now.