Does the EU have the situation that the US does where the susidizees whine about how they're subsidizing the subsidizers, and talk about how self-reliant they are?
The E.U. has the situation where people who need help and are being denied it actually protest until they get something.
On a side note, it wouldn't be at all a bad idea for the Federal Government to reduce welfare spending and leave more of it to the states. man, think what our states could do without having to subsidize the fat/uneducated/corn-growing states.