>Singapore has a regressive shock absorber model where something like half the country are immigrants that are ineligible for, say, public housing which even the better off citizens take advantage of in Singapore

It's similar in Vienna where only native Viennese are immediately eligible for social housing, but outsiders will end up paying into the system without being eligible.

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erichocean 5 hours ago | parent [-]

> outsiders will end up paying into the system

By definition, outsiders don't have to pay into the system since they already have a gov't somewhere else that is dedicated to them, just like the Viennese do.

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joe_mamba 4 hours ago | parent [-]

>By definition, outsiders don't have to pay into the system

They absolutely do pay into the system when they move to and work in Vienna. By outsiders in this context I meant foreign workers. I assumed that was clear from the context of the discussion.

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erichocean 42 minutes ago | parent [-]

> I meant foreign workers

So did I. Being foreign, they can work at home and not pay into a system they have no part of. Problem solved.

	▲	joe_mamba 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		When you move to Vienna you become part of the system since you pay income + other taxes, just like the locals, except unlike the locals, you get rug-pulled at social housing. Unless of course ... your comment was just an anti immigration dogwhsitle from the start, in which case you should just said THAT instead, and not waste people's time with cumbersome allegories masquerading as arguments.