Welfare states

How do the government try to reduce inequality

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What are welfare states

A welfare state is a form of government in which the state protects and

promotes the economic and social well-being of its citizens, based on equality.

A welfare state is a state that is committed to providing basic economic security

for its citizens by protecting them from market risks associated with old age,
unemployment, accidents, and sickness.
What is a meritocracy

a system, organization, or society in which people are chosen and moved

into positions of success, power, and in uence for ex, Britain is a
meritocracy, and everyone with skill and imagination may aspire to reach
the highest level

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Government have a duty

• Yes, because they are the

leaders and the people in
charge and it is their job as
the in uence to provide
goods and needs to people
that can’t provide them
them selves
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How do they get the money?

• As a citizen, you are

acquired to pay your monthly
taxes that provide you and
your country with public
services, roads, planes and
money that can go towards
people that are in need. For
ex. Single moms, poor
families ect..
Why were they
introduced?
-After the Second World War
the incoming Labour
government introduced the
Welfare State.
-welfare states were introduced
to provide people with basic
economic security for its
citizens by protecting them
from market risks associated
with old age, unemployment,
accidents, and sickness.
Finland

Therein, the Finnish welfare state

includes a wide-ranging set of
services related to social work,
health care, early childhood
education and day care – but also
for free educational services
including education from
elementary school to higher
education for all of its permanently
residing inhabitants.
Higher/lower levels of inequality ?

• I believe since Finland provides every body with the same

health care, education, social work and child care, there will be
lower levels of inequality since you and everyone hase access
to everything needed.
 Redistribution welfare
Redistribution of income and
wealth is the transfer of income
and wealth from some
individuals to others through a
social mechanism such as
taxation, welfare, public services,
land reform, monetary policies,
con scation, divorce or tort law.

-Republicans and Democrats

support this idea
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What is the U.S.A. approach

Welfare programs in the United

States provide assistance to low-
income families, especially children
living in poverty. The three major
welfare programs are, housing
assistance, Medicaid, and TANF.
(Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families)
Brief history

The welfare state of the United

Kingdom began in the 1900s and
early 1910s, and comprises
expeditions by the government of
the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
intended to improve health,
education, employment and
social security.
 What are the problems with
welfare?

Because welfare reduces work

e ort and promotes illegitimacy
(illegal behaviour) and poverty-
prone single-parent families, it
actually may cause an overall
decrease in family incomes.
Welfare is extremely e cient at
replacing self-su ciency with
dependence but relatively
ine ective in raising incomes and
eliminating poverty.
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