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U.S. Rejects Welfare State, Yet Has World’s Second Biggest
We Americans pride ourselves on not having a “welfare state.” We’re not like Europeans. We’re more individualistic and self-reliant, and although we may have a “social safety net to protect people against unpredictable personal and societal tragedies, we explicitly repudiate a comprehensive welfare state as inherently un-American. Dream on. Call it a massive case of national self-deception. Indeed, judged by how much countries devote of their national income to social spending, we have the world’s second-largest welfare state — just behind France….Read More
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