What are the best social benefits that taiwan have and comparing to north america and europe?
The USA and Europe is a huge divide so maybe narrow it down a little bitâŚ
USA only has food stamps and stuff like that, and medicaid for people who can qualify for food stamps. However anyone in the middle is basically left out in the cold.
Taiwan has national health insurance so basic medical care isnât going to cost an arm and a leg, and I think you are entitled to free health checks every so often so they can find anything bad and treat it.
But most European countries have universal healthcare of some kind that the USA clearly lacks.
Taiwan is trying to follow the European model if they can. Cities also have a more European design, meaning the center of a city is defined by the train station whereas in the US train stations are almost unknown.
Taiwan has a considerably better social healthcare system than here in the UK, where it feels like public hospitals are surviving on a thread and could fall apart at any moment.
Although it isnât nearly as generous as it used to be, in the UK youâll keep getting a small allowance if you find yourself out of a job and donât have more than a certain amount of savings, as long as you show that youâre actively looking for work. I believe Taiwan doesnât have a system like this in place and Iâd be curious to know how it works there.
That said, in the UK itâs normal to struggle to find a job for a year or longer after you become unemployed, so financial assistance is absolutely necessary. Whenever Iâve seen Taiwanese friends out of work, Iâve always been surprised at how quickly they seem to be able to find something new.
Aside from health insurance, I donât think Taiwan offers much else. The government actually spends less of GDP than the USA.
If youâre made redundant the Taiwanese taxpayers pay you 60% of your salary for 6 months. Quite generous compared to the UK.
If anything, that sounds a little too generousâŚ
Taiwan has a huge tax evasion % so that 60% might not count for as many as one may think. But there are lots of fake jobs too, so it may quite highâŚinteresting. Dis t know they had that.
Taiwan does have such a system and you get it for six to nine months if you are laid off and canât find a job. Itâs approx 60% of your previous income , you need to have paid in a certain amount in labour insurance to access it and foreigners are eligible too (at least those with open work permit and residence anyway ).
The one weird thing is you have to have been receiving a salary of something like minimum of 30k a month to access it.
Iâm happy to pay taxes in Taiwan because you get a lot back and there is not a mentality of being on welfare. Things work in Taiwan and itâs the only country Iâve found competent government workers that are nice and welling to help you.
The social benefits in TW also extend past the marketplace. Kids grow up in a safe society, people can walk around at night, itâs not violent. Families can be left to themselves to monitor their kids (mostly anyways), and the society functions well without an elaborate set of legal codes because social pressure to behave will is strong there.
You can put your kid in almost any school and it will prob be ok, public or private. The doctors are at least competent enough to make sure everyone has basic care. There cops are reactive and leave you alone.
There is also the added social benefit of not having guns and really unhealthy food everywhere, as is the case in most US cities.
Taiwan doesnât have âreally unhealthy food everywhereâ? Are you sure???
Healthy*.
Compared to the US. Lots of asterisks no doubt.
I donât know so much about the competent part 
but friendly and helpful yes.
As competent as Iâve encountered for public workers.
Thatâs a low bar :).
The old country was much much worse Iâll give them that
Is there a welfare mentality in Italy?
Yes. Especially in the south where unemployment is even higher than the national 10%. Real unemployment is likely significantly higher since most people have given up. There are a lot of tensions because people in the North see the south as a burden that their high taxes go to.
Vive la France!
On the other hand
Isnât taiwans biggest draw relative freedom? Normally comes at the cost of health (ie. Environment), so we have a mediocre health care system that still doesnât cover much of the things caused by our freedom (ie. Environment). Iâm not sure a deep dive really turns out any winners in this quest. All sides need to be doing much, much, better.
itâs our national sport, especially in the South and among many immigrants who come over and understand they can get so much on the dole without paying anything.
Many in the South have a bad mentality of âThe North came down to conquer us, they enslaved us blablabla, Garibaldi is a war criminal, we were the most advanced nation blablablaâ while they still have basically serfdom. So they see as retribution being on the dole paid by the Northerners.