#welfare state

The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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#anything #ask #creating #each #equity

The welfare state is collapsing all around us. There are people that realize that we can't go on this way, but I'm not sure how many people realize how close we are to the collapse of the U.S. financial system. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

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#close #collapse #collapsing #financial #financial system

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

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#egos #elites #masses #really #state