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Recent Examples of welfare state
Nearly all of them helped prop up one of the world’s largest welfare states, nationalizing everything from public utilities to the Central Bank.
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
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Church Street visionary Bob Snow has died at age 82 Trump considers ending FEMA, let states deal with ‘the tornadoes and the hurricanes’ Maxwell Frost slams Trump shutdown of Gun Violence Prevention office Maxwell Frost slams Trump shutdown of Gun Violence Prevention office Snow in Florida?—
Buddy Collings,
Orlando Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2025
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The Trump administration is calling on all 50 states to assist the federal government in immigration enforcement — just as Gov. Ron DeSantis seeks to expand the powers of state and local law enforcement to detain, transport and deport undocumented immigrants living in Florida.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories.—
Lloyd Axworthy,
Foreign Affairs,
15 May 2024
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Somaliland became independent from Britain in 1960, a few days before Somalia, then a trust territory administered by Italy, gained its own sovereignty.—
Michael M. Phillips,
WSJ,
1 Feb. 2022
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But Assad’s fall (and Russia’s indifference to the collapse of his regime) suggests that concern for Syria or any other client state has been subjugated by Putin to his overriding focus on dealing Ukraine a decisive defeat.—
Alexander Baunov,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Dec. 2024
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The Kremlin will fight to retain influence in Syria but the loss of its client state deals another blow to Putin.—
Joseph Epstein,
Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2024
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Such a move against Canada would hit its economy hard considering the two nations do in excess of half a trillion dollars a year in trade.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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What Countries Allow Birthright Citizenship? While the United States is one of the most prominent examples, other nations also grant birthright citizenship.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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His policies, especially cutting taxes, are also popular in the commonwealth, and Earle-Sears’s popularity is higher due to her support for them.—
Paul Bedard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
27 Jan. 2025
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Of course, the state’s senators, representatives and governor conduct the commonwealth’s business here.—
Kim Foley MacKinnon,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Additionally, borrowers with loans subject to the settlement's provisions should see their collection efforts halted.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Those fears have been compounded by far-right members of Israel’s government who support rebuilding Jewish settlements in Gaza, from which Israel withdrew troops and settlers from in 2005.—
Tia Goldenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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Such situations can become even more complicated when money is involved, as financial dependencies may create additional expectations or obligations.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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Traditional monitoring tools, designed for simpler architectures, often struggle with these intricate dependency chains.—
Karthik Sj,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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That same mandate could also reopen the door to millions of acres of federal land that became off limits to hunters during the Biden Administration.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
31 Jan. 2025
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The mandate attacks policies implemented by former President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama, including student loan forgiveness and Obamacare.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20state. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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