It&#x27;s not that simple though.<p>The idea with the welfare system is that if people for a number of reasons suddenly is without a job there is a system to support them and hopefully help them back on track again.<p>So paying taxes is in many ways a collective insurance system. Some people never needs it, good for them. Some have lived on it their whole life, bad for them. But some might have paid taxes their whole life and is now cashing in on that.