Synonyms for welfare state
wel·fare state

Princeton's WordNet

1. welfare statenoun

   a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.

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1. Frode Alfheim:

   Those revenues are not possible to replace from other sources. Much of the welfare state comes from this industry.

2. Jacob G. Hornberger:

   The biggest threat to the American people today lies with the United States government. ... [T]he long-term solution is to dismantle, not reform, the iron fist of the welfare state and the controlled economy. This includes the end (not the reform) of the IRS, the DEA, the BATF, the SEC, the FDA, HUD, the departments of HHS, Labor, Agriculture, and energy, and every other agency that takes money from some and gives it to others or interferes with peaceful behavior.

3. Adam Smith:

   I was able to get them to enthusiastically support the largest expansion of the social welfare state since the Affordable Care Act -- the widows tax and paid parental leave, that was an enormous accomplishment, OK? I got them to do things that they never wanted to do.

4. Markus Kallifatides:

   It's about defending democracy and for our group that means defending the welfare state where no one is left behind, sweden is not that society anymore.

5. James Thornton:

   Before the creation of the welfare state, immigrants who came to this country were for the most part attracted by America’s reputation as a land of freedom and opportunity. Laws and customs that then prevailed required immigrants to carve out their individual destinies by their own labor, perseverance, intelligence, and determination.