Contribution vs. redistribution: why contributory welfare won't happen

Contributory welfare has become the latest fad in Westminster village. Labour politicians are in favour of it, Conservative politicians are in favour of it, think tanks are in favour of it, and they all use largely the same rhetoric: rewarding contribution, restoring confidence in the welfare system, ensuring greater fairness, ending the ‘something for nothing’ culture, establishing a ‘something culture’. Sounds good. But it won’t happen, and here’s why.

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Source: http://www.iea.org.uk/blog/contribution-vs-redistribution-why-contributory-welfare-wont-happen

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