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How is that a bad thing? The welfare states is the means through which the world's most livable city and those comfortable lives are achieved.

Welfare is only sustainable for as long as there is someone willing to pay for it. That's the entire point of the heroes in the original article.

You can't make bread out of thin air. Vienna has a serious welfare budget.

It doesn't matter if people are willing. Taxes are not optional.