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social welfare



NOUN
welfare work
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The party is also calling for higher investments in public services and social welfare and criticizing past tax cuts for the wealthy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

“I call this the social welfare state of two. We’ve privatized dependency within marriage.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

Leaders have also signalled a willingness to borrow more to fund infrastructure, social welfare, and industrial projects - a departure from past caution over rising debt levels.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Supporters point to social welfare programs, and record unemployment under his government.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

And it was to those with a very high IQ, he believed, that “we must look for production of leaders who advance science, art, government, education and social welfare generally.”

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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