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Recent Examples of welfare state
The welfare state Trump seeks to reform is a misshapen layer cake of liberal ambitions.
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Matthew Continetti, National Review, 1 Feb. 2025
Implications Le Grand's work on post-World War II British social policy found that perceptions of human motivations gradually transformed, with the prevailing view of the typical British citizenry morphing from knight into knave as the costs of maintaining an expensive welfare state increased.
—Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
That leaves less to invest in training and technology to enhance productivity and deliver the economic growth — and tax revenues — required to maintain welfare states.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
In fact, many right-wing parties now embrace the welfare state.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Continetti, National Review, 1 Feb. 2025
Implications Le Grand's work on post-World War II British social policy found that perceptions of human motivations gradually transformed, with the prevailing view of the typical British citizenry morphing from knight into knave as the costs of maintaining an expensive welfare state increased.
—Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
That leaves less to invest in training and technology to enhance productivity and deliver the economic growth — and tax revenues — required to maintain welfare states.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
In fact, many right-wing parties now embrace the welfare state.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for welfare state
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Money to replace the trains would come from a combination of federal, state and regional grants, as for most of the district’s capital improvements.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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The first was an impossibility in her weakened state.—
Cassidy Randall,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 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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In the early stages of the Cold War, Hungary, a client state controlled by the USSR, rebelled, fueled by student demonstrations arguing for secession and freedom of speech.—
Daniel Seifert,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Feb. 2025
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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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Plus, 64 teams would include more than a quarter of FIFA’s member nations, diluting overall quality and rendering qualifying competitions all but superfluous.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2025
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Our nation’s and our state’s infrastructure is aging, and among the biggest threats to the long-term stability of our bridges and roadways is the wear and tear caused by overweight trucks.—
Ydanis Rodriguez,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2025
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Charles is the head of the commonwealth, which comprises 56 countries.—
Alex Gangitano,
The Hill,
27 Feb. 2025
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Whatever happens in the commonwealth around recreational cannabis may well do so again, especially as fewer states have the option of adopting recreational cannabis via the ballot.—
Daniel J. Mallinson,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2025
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As a condition of the settlement, TD Bank paid a $1.8 billion criminal penalty which, when added to the civil fines, brought the total to $3 billion to settle the charges.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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In short, Putin’s unwavering demand in any peace settlement has been to leave Ukraine essentially defenseless.—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
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Those calls could include requests for help with mental health crises, drug and chemical dependencies, memory care and senior care issues.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Mar. 2025
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Cross-border commerce has been a major driver of growth in Mexico, but dependency on the U.S. is now a liability for Mexico.—
Nathaniel Parish Flannery,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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The law firm is also representing the district in its ongoing legal battle with the California Department of Education, which filed a writ of mandate against the district in April requiring that RUSD revoke the policy.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Mar. 2025
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The Texas Democrat began shouting at the president during his speech, saying Trump did not have a mandate from the American people.—
Barbara Sprunt,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Welfare state.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/welfare%20state. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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