Welfare states are unfair states

America must avoid replicating the failed European model of government

The U.K.'s Welfare Reform Act of 2012 has brought many changes to the government's Benefits system.
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Many liberals make welfare states sound like a dream. It's a style of government that rests upon a simple, perhaps even unassailable moral narrative — the balancing of self-interest with connected social interest. It's a system that allows for personal gain, but alleviates personal suffering. So what's the problem with welfare states?

Unfortunately, they are almost too many to count.

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Tom Rogan is a conservative writer who blogs at TomRoganThinks.com.