Russia - not a generous soul

Government Regulation igry21-01-2008 Russia - not a generous soul, the U.S. Constitution was proclaimed and installed in 1787 in order "... promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty .... " The Constitution of the Russian Federation in the latest edition states that the Russian people accept it, "asserting the rights and freedoms ... shall strive to ensure the welfare and prosperity of Russia ...". Today, despite the similarity of wording in more than 200-year gap between these documents, it is good or bad, coincides with substantial differences in the relations of the state towards its citizens in two important countries in the world. A few days ago the World Bank (WB) has issued a rating of generosity ", which takes into account the size of the budget of the world per capita. In the first place was Luxembourg, where each of the 460 thousand residents allocated $ 35.3 thousand per year. In the top three also includes Qatar ($ 27 thousand) and Brunei ($ 24,3 thousand), in the top ten were Norway, San Marino, Sweden, Kuwait, Denmark, Austria and France (10 th place and $ 17,3 thousand ). Among these countries - seven monarchies with a traditionally high level of social policy and taxation (about 50% of GDP is redistributed through the budget), and only one country with the largest economies - France. According to the classification of World Bank, the top of the list occupied by countries with traditionally high-income countries (where per capita GDP in 2006 exceeded $ 11.1 million).