Tagged with "european welfare state"

What a Load of EU Sewage

Eurosceptics are fond of saying that the EU is flushing our money down the toilet. But in this case from Greece, it is literally true, except they forget to put the connecting pipes in so, in truth, it's not even going down the toilet. Get Britain out of this mess, asap
by Rob Comley - 13 November 2015
Britain and Europe's Welfare Jihad

Welcome to Britain and Europe's Welfare Jihad. It's one thing to commit economic suicide by allowing people to loaf around on state benefits. It's quite another to pay them to start blowing up modern society. Civilisational suicide, anyone?
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 2 June 2015
Swedish welfare system under spotlight as armless man denied disability parking permit

Sweden's bizarre bureaucratic system is under the spotlight after an armless man was denied a disability parking permit on account of the fact that he still has legs, and can therefore walk
by the commentator - 23 May 2015
The joy of welfare funded holidays in the sun

Britain's welfare system never ceases to amaze. The story of a single mother and her 10 month old daughter taking a round-the-world trip on benefit payments is frankly jaw-dropping
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 25 February 2015
Voting for dependency, and poverty

The Left just does not understand (or doesn't care) that the greatest risk is that people get trapped in dependency. We see that in advanced nations like the US and UK, and the Third World too
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 14 October 2014
UK dealing with welfare, and employment is growing

When you add together the panoply of redistribution programs operated by government, it’s easy to see why far too many people are being trapped in government dependency. When you untrap them, you get jobs, as Britain shows
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 25 July 2014
Archbishop of welfare dependency

What is so frustrating about clergy jumping on populist bandwagons is it gets a lot of airtime for a complete misrepresentation of what the government is trying to do to help people live better lives
by Sir John Redwood MP - 19 February 2014
Welfare multiplied by demographics equals doom

Any type of pay-as-you-go welfare state becomes increasingly expensive when there are more and more old people and fewer and fewer young workers. See the killer graph showing why some nations are doomed
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 10 February 2014
Whatever happened to that "Anglo-Saxon" model?

Mainly, your preconceptions about welfare basket case countries will be right. Yes. The proportion of GDP spent on welfare in France is phenomenal. But the trend in that direction in the US and Britain will knock you off your chair too
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 18 January 2014
How welfare redistributes income from Blacks to Whites

Remarkable study from Left-leaning institute says welfare redistributes from Hispanics, blacks, and other people of colour to whites. This will put the cat among the Left's ideological pigeons
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 4 January 2014
Why Europe will be outpaced by Asia and America

Forecasts reveal growing irrelevance of Europe to the progress of the world economy. China’s population will grow to be more than twice that of Europe’s and India’s will be more than 2.4 times. Europe will make its position worse by continuing with high energy prices, relatively high taxes, and an excess of poor regulation
by Sir John Redwood MP - 27 December 2013
Welfare state as the Ghost of Christmas Past

Scrooge would have loved putting people on welfare. Chain them to a life of state dependency and then rich socialists can just forget about them and turn charity into a dirty word
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 20 December 2013
Euro not to blame for crisis, but made it much worse

No-one but a fool thinks the euro is the only cause of Europe's economic crisis. There's also the anti-business madness of Brussels and the member states to consider too. Abolish social democracy, abolish the EU and abolish the euro all at once
by the commentator - 18 December 2013
Even Scandinavian welfare states realise too many handouts are destructive

Even Scandinavian nations are realising that there has to be a limit to incentive-killing and taxpayer-sapping redistribution
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 3 September 2013
How the welfare state hurts the poor

The welfare state hurts the poor even more than it hurts taxpayers. For the Left, on the other hand, it's a bonanza
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 4 July 2013