Are most Canadians Bene Whores

[snoboy]

Lazy f'in Canadian

[scott_harpell]

I can't believe you are looking up pagetops in the archive.

[PaulB]

But what I'm talking about is quite the opposite. Their kids are learning: Get a relatively easy job, read all the fine print about retirement and other benes, then start milking those money tits for all their worth. Seems like the wrong way to assure your kids that they'll get ahead. Seems to me they'll end up expecting more than they put in.

While I'm sure that some Canadians are passing on these values to their kids, I wouldn't say that it's representative of the country as a whole. The majority of people are willing to work to earn a living, without abusing the social safety net.

 

Barring an unexpected job loss, I'll pay far more into the system than I'll ever get out of it, but if I ever lose my job, it won't bother me a bit to line up and collect the benefits I've paid for.