Thats pretty bad, if you're in an accident here, you finally get some value for your health insurance, and you get paid the minimum income thing untill you're fit to work again.
And yes, theres people who refuse to work, and to get/keep their government pay, they send resumes to jobs they'll never get hired to anyway, or feign a disability. But eh, such is the system. The people who really need it, are very happy it exists.
Yeah, we have child support too, but thats something like $200/month per child. Raising kids (properly) is hugely expensive (both time and money), so I assume most parents do so at a loss, not for profit.
The only leak in this system still waiting to be fixed, is immigrants who claim they have 20 kids in their home country, collect the money, and keep it for themselves. I'm pretty sure those people get caught pretty quickly nowadays.
But this topic was about fuel prices.. which are comparable to yours, before 200% tax, and a vehicle tax.
Its both a way to promote being more eco-minded (nobody drives a pickup or an SUV, people drive less and bike more), and funds government expenditure. I just wish they wouldn't spend so much "helping*" poor countries, and a little more helping their own people. But no government party thinks we should lower car taxation or raise student benefits, so I don't know who to vote for.
*funding bad habits like retiring at 55, and 45% of the working population holding a government job, and a country going bankrupt from paying all those pensions and employees with almost nobody working for actual income. We're looking at you, Greece.