Welfare is postulated as a privilege, but to many in the know, they urge that the term is a misnomer and, far from it being a privilege, it cripples the recipient.

The definition of welfare is actually too vast and ill-rounded for it to be pinned down. It is sometimes termed 'social solidarity' (The National Review, 2005) and the best definition we can give it is that the government or non-government entities, or a combination of the two, provides certain 'privileges' or distribution of goods to the less privileged members of society in order to accord them, at least, the fundamentals of living. These goods (such as monetary payments, subsidies and vouchers, health services or housing) come with certain provisos, such as means testing or other conditions, and the category of people who receive it are very sharply and critically delineated. The system, too, is intended to be only for...
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