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The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure

The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, thats not equity, its just creating a society where you cant ask anything of people. – Jacques Delors

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