Dutch King Willem-Alexander did his best to garner support for the country’s new austerity measures yesterday in a speech that proclaimed the end of the Welfare State and welcomed the beginning of a “participation society.” Speaking in defense of spending cuts that have been sharply criticized, the monarch said the second half of the twentieth century had brought about arrangements in social security and long-term care that are “unsustainable in their current form.” In the participation society, people would be responsible for their own futures, and would have to plan for financial and medical needs on their own with less help from government. - See more at: thelibertarianrepublic/dutch-king-kills-welfare-state-lauds-new-participation-society-video/#.UjsJnNKsiSq
Posted on: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 21:26:47 +0000
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