Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Dutch king: say goodbye to welfare state

09/25/13


AMSTERDAM  — King Willem-Alexander delivered a message to the Dutch people from the government Tuesday in a nationally televised address: the welfare state of the 20th century is gone.
In its place a "participation society" is emerging, in which people must take responsibility for their own future and create their own social and financial safety nets, with less help from the national government.

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