#welfare state

The welfare state is collapsing all around us. There are people that realize that we can't go on this way, but I'm not sure how many people realize how close we are to the collapse of the U.S. financial system. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

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#close #collapse #collapsing #financial #financial system

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

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#egos #elites #masses #really #state

I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. That's something the U.S. does very well. That dynamism alongside a welfare state in the European community - that's the synthesis I want to achieve. ↗

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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#alongside #community #development #does #dynamism