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Originally Posted by CDSmith
You're saying Canada is a welfare state? News to me.
I wonder, what are the percentages of people on welfare in Canada as compared to that of the US? Not numbers, percentages. Of course the US is going to have more since they are 10 times larger in population than us.
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"Welfare state" doesn't refer to people being on actual welfare. It has more to do with the philosophy of how government is run.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_state
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an ideal model in which the state assumes primary responsibility for the welfare of its citizens.
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The more you rely on the state to take of you the more control they have over you.
Gerald Ford said it like this:
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A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
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And some good lines from the song "20th Century Man" by The Kinks:
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I was born in a welfare state
Ruled by bureaucracy
Controlled by civil servants
And people dressed in grey
Got no privacy, got no liberty
Cos the twentieth century people
Took it all away from me.
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One of the best anti welfare state quotes comes from Stephen Harper:
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The best social program is still a job.
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