DNA SAVES THE WELFARE STATE
You can thank grandpa for those wonderful genes of yours
- Dateline
- 3 March 2019
Globalization and mostly-free movement of people has been all well and good so far, but when some localities are being inundated by masses looking for the Italian Dream or the life of plenty in Portugal, it’s only a matter of time before a tipping point is reached.
After the migrant influx of the 20/teens, EU bureaucrats are having a tough time; too many people, too few resources. Now, several governments have started to add a genetic component to their immigration programs in order to cope with the huge number of foreigners wanting to enter wealthy countries.
The United Kingdom and Germany have decided to use cutting edge genetic analysis, to establish which people have the best potential future as citizens. Longevity and the predisposition for disease are of primary concern.
Successful applicants who are likely to die before age 65 will have to pay 4% more in annual taxes and those who are at risk of developing conditions like Alzheimer’s, or who have a genetic marker for addiction, will have higher healthcare premiums. The other side of the coin is that migrants who are expected to live beyond 85, must agree to pay 6% more when it comes to pension contributions.
Activist group #BordersMustFall has called the proposal ludicrous and discriminatory. Can a person really be blamed for their genes? In a holographic broadcast, Munich mayor Gretel Berenbeck addressed the issue by saying: “Life simply is not fair, and we have reached our ‘capacity’ for caring. We cannot just let more people in, without knowing that they will carry their own weight. All we’re actually trying to do is safeguard the welfare state – or what’s left of it!”
Links to related stories
- US considers using portable DNA labs, iris scans to vet Syrian refugees - Nextgov, 16 December 2015
- Abu Dhabi Raises Water Use Tariff by 6.6% for Non-Nationals - Bloomberg Business, 3 January 2016
- Danish parliament approves plan to seize assets from refugees - The Guardian, 26 January 2016
- MindBullet: WINNING THE MIGRANT LOTTERY (Dateline: 2 April 2017, Published: 02 July 2015)
- MindBullet: BORDERS CRUMBLE, COUNTRIES MERGE AND SPLIT (Dateline: 28 October 2023, Published: 29 October 2015)
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