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miscsoc

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Wed Oct-20-10 05:40 PM
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3. Yeah, what's the old adage?

Edited on Wed Oct-20-10 05:44 PM by miscsoc

"Programmes for the poor are poor programmes". The universalism of the British welfare state inculculates some degree of social solidarity into the populace; that's why we have universalism. A sense that "we're all in this together", as the Tories like to disingenuously say at every opportunity. If you reduce the welfare state to a means tested safety net you ensure that much or most of the populace hardly ever have any dealings with it, and don't have any emotional attachment to it, or sense of investment.

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