monstermachine

In India, it is $25.

> I really wish TechCrunch journalists would do a little more analysis of these claims instead of simply relaying the talking points of the startup’s CEOs and marketers.

These are paid articles. Most of techcrunch and other hype tech news site posts are fed by PR agencies in the background.

They get an article and list of quotes to include by a PR firm which they edit a little and post.

This is required by government and why?

What is a last in first out rule?

That's because of SEO and perception reasons, I believe. It's intentional.

> one of the Romanian welfare system's biggest long-term risks is low natality leading to an aging population.

That is true for every welfare system based on social responsibility structure. Society pools money to pay for retirement of everyone at a fixed rate. Young people are entered into the system to fund old people's retirement today and promised that they would get funded by young people tomorrow.

This works as long as enough young people enter the system at intervals to continue the payouts except when that doesn't happen due to demographic collapse or some other reason. Think of a legal pyramid scheme.

> if the population can be stabilized (or even increased), it can be self-sustaining

Not necessarily. Many countries underestimated the life expectancy of people retired and had to run on a deficit as a result so they are taking money from pensioners of future today. They had to fix this by increasing the retirement age, cutting down benefits, removing benefits for people with private savings, etc.

They will only keep cutting. If not, it will fall.

> lots of people are leaving exactly because welfare is not good enough in the country

I see unemployment among youth as the major reason. Welfare won't be funded by unemployed.

> So again, I don't think reducing welfare will have a positive impact, in the longer term.

Reducing unsustainable welfare will because money can be used elsewhere to create jobs, attract businesses, increase employment, etc.

Is your system sustainable though because romania is on top of defaulting on pension and welfare system in the europe?

Most young people are migrating outside the country for any skilled jobs, huge deficit & debt, and cutting back on the promised welfare doesn't sound good to me.

You have to consider long term sustainability and practical implication.

Nordic countries, switzerland, etc which are famous for welfare systems are funded by financial systems and oil. Other countries are not. Can they afford all these generous benefits?

> not sure if most European countries have a pension-based system or not, but that's another thing to account for.

Even if they do have generous plan on paper, can they actually pay that 50 years in future?

Most won't. I know people from southern EU who haven't received what they were promised for pension and live in poverty today. It's only worse for future pensioners while they tax 25-30% in social security with no cap from your salary for pension and healthcare (You still need private coverage on top).

They also cut pension for people who saved money on side and accrued a livable amount ignoring their past contribution.

The size is not the same though. Not really comparable. You can have cheaper apartments for same sq in US outside of middle of the main cities which are bloated due to speculation and cheap mortgage.

Employers are required to pay for 3 years of leave and not fire you?

Which country?

Do you also get maternity leave for adoption?