> Meanwhile a healthy, young, gainfully employed person in France can take advantage of a wealth of social services and benefits.

If they have such an amazing welfare system, then why are the French perennially rioting[1]? And why do so many recent French presidents have abysmal approval ratings[2]?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unr...

[2] Macron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_the_Emmanue...

Hollande: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Hollande#Approva...

Sarkozy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Nicolas_Sarkozy#...