As I stated above it's good for people who don't have a job aka you won't have to sleep on the street. Regarding all the other things these are getting rapidly more expensive every year. We currently have 900.000 adults between 20-35 living with their parents because houses are too expensive. That's more than 30% of people in that age group, so as a working college-educated adult it's significantly harder to get some basic necessities. Overall your points are valid if you compare it to the Netherlands 10 years ago. But due to rapid population aging the current wellfare state is going to be unsustainable in the near future.