welfare state
noun
1
: a social system based on the assumption by a political state of primary responsibility for the individual and social welfare of its citizens
2
: a nation or state characterized by the operation of the welfare state system
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Her policy plan promises a lot of new and expanded tax credits, and would raise taxes on corporations and the very wealthy, but says relatively little about expanding the welfare state.
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Andrew Prokop, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Americans who have had their run-ins with the health insurance industry, never mind our own inadequate welfare state, won’t have trouble feeling indignation.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
The Republican welfare state Republicans spent decades railing against welfare recipients.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
But even as overall global inequality has dropped since the turn of the century, inequality has risen in many big countries, including China, India, Russia, the United States, and even the welfare states of continental Europe.
—Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2023
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Andrew Prokop, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
Advertisement Americans who have had their run-ins with the health insurance industry, never mind our own inadequate welfare state, won’t have trouble feeling indignation.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
The Republican welfare state Republicans spent decades railing against welfare recipients.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
But even as overall global inequality has dropped since the turn of the century, inequality has risen in many big countries, including China, India, Russia, the United States, and even the welfare states of continental Europe.
—Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2023
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/welfare%20state. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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