Russia Won’t Embrace Europe’s Inefficient Welfare Model – Putin

[FarCenter]

MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday described the main difference he sees between social welfare in Russia and in European countries, which he criticized for losing control of their economies and allowing the rise of a “dependency mentality,” according to an interview with RIA Novosti.

Europe’s problem is not the welfare state as such, but “inefficiency,” Putin said in answers to written questions.

While a modern state must honor its obligation “to take care of its population and ensure its social protection” or face the risk of collapse, European countries have been “living beyond their means” and are now “witnessing the rise of a dependency mentality … [that] endangers not only the economy but the moral foundation of society,” Putin said. “It is no secret that many citizens of less developed countries come to Europe specifically to live on social welfare.”

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130614/181653890/Russia-Wont-Embrace-Europes-Inefficient-Welfare-Model--Putin.html

[msongs]

1. what's the russian word for purges? as in killing millions of enemies of the people etc nt

[DonCoquixote]

2. Putin

All the iron fist of Stalin,
and nond of the welfare of the Soviet Union.