Welfare programs throughout the Western world have never been able to avoid the moral hazard that arises from the fact that when you keep giving people something for nothing, they stop trying to earn it for themselves.
The classic examples are such as welfare programs that immediately create dependency on government handouts – a dependency that all too often becomes inter-generational. Another is the American AFDC program – Aid to Families With Dependent Children – which aimed to help young mothers by giving them a monthly payment per-child.
The result? One of the rules was that if there was a father/husband […]
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