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Never Enough: America's Limitless
Welfare State, by William Voegeli, hardcover, 327 pp, $23.95, ISBN 978-159403-376-6, New York, N.Y, Encounter Books, 2010.
When I said in a column that America was rapidly becoming a
welfare state, I was reminded that the United States has been a
welfare state all along.
LAST week I wrote a letter that defended the
welfare state. It appears to have stoked up a hornets' nest of self righteous indignation, particularly from Bill Armer and R J Bray, a pair of modern-day Mr Gradgrinds if ever there were.
Born in 1945 in post-war Britain, the
welfare state met its end in Britain this week, when British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne repudiated the concept of the "universal benefit," the idea that everyone, not just the poor, should benefit from social protection.
The North East Film Archive has joined forces with Dr Ben Lamb, a university research academic, who has curated a series of films which show the impact of the
welfare state on the region's social development over the past 100 years.
Their most striking proposals would create elements of a modern American
welfare state in areas such as health care, childcare, and education.
Pir Noor-ul-Haq Qadri has said that government was making headway to develop the country on the pattern of 'Madina'
welfare state, that was established on the principles and norms of religion Islam.
The sociologist T H Marshall described the modern
welfare state as a distinctive combination of democracy, welfare and capitalism.
KARACHI -- Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said PPP is struggling to turn Pakistan into a
welfare state and it will endure all sufferings but will continue its struggle for the protection of rights of people.
Founder of Pakistan wanted to make the country a
welfare state. Our struggle to make Pakistan a
welfare state will continue.
The nature, extent and specific features of the
welfare state, ie target population for the universal features like education, and health services can be figured out quickly.