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With time, the appetite for full repeal has waned, especially as Tea Party members who were elected on promises to get rid of the law have been replaced by more populist members of the caucus who are less hostile to the welfare state.
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The Editors, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024
This will reduce the pool of working taxpayers who are needed to expand the already bloated welfare state.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
The Reaganite values that most endure are the reactionary ones: his hostility toward civil rights, feminism, and the welfare state.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Sweden, with a long history of liberal immigration policies and a huge welfare state, proudly agreed to take in more than 160,000 refugees in 2015.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
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The Editors, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024
This will reduce the pool of working taxpayers who are needed to expand the already bloated welfare state.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
The Reaganite values that most endure are the reactionary ones: his hostility toward civil rights, feminism, and the welfare state.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Sweden, with a long history of liberal immigration policies and a huge welfare state, proudly agreed to take in more than 160,000 refugees in 2015.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
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For certain states, works to reverse anti-discrimination regulations will likely be met with state-wide opposition.Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 14 Dec. 2024
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Next month, a state administrative law judge will hear an appeal for the additional hours.Annie Waldman, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
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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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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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Assad’s flight to Moscow following the swift collapse of his regime means more than just the loss of a client state for the Kremlin.Nathan Hodge, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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Rather, Temple University, situated just a few miles northeast of Penn in our nation’s birthplace, has been the site of a startling set of antisemitic incidents in the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attacks against Israel.Tal Fortgang, National Review, 21 Dec. 2024
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While early imperial aristocrats saw provincials as subject nations with their own cultures, their working-class replacements considered Romans a single people and expected all to share the same values.Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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In 2023, travelers spent a total of $9.7 billion across the commonwealth and that didn't slow down in 2024.Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Dec. 2024
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While Kentucky is certainly best known for its world-class bourbon, some of the commonwealth's distillers do blend a little holiday cheer this time of year.Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 3 Dec. 2024
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The settlement sends a signal about the risks media companies may face in high-profile defamation cases.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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An attorney for Combs denied Ventura’s allegations and said that the settlement was not an admission of wrongdoing.Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, the risk of provider dependency looms large.Serge Beck, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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The root of the anxiety surrounding Y2K, and perhaps its enduring resonance, is a recognition of precisely this dependency—which has only grown over time.Zachary Loeb / Made by History, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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With an uncertain economic outlook, the FOMC is attentive to the risks to both sides of its dual mandate of full employment and the 2% goal.Rohit Arora, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Studies on whether remote work helps or hinders productivity are mixed, but a few things are clear: workers want the option to work remotely more than their company allows, and strict return-to-office mandates can lead to frustration and turnover.Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20state. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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