Welfare State or Participation State?

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Dutch King Willem-Alexander did his best to garner support for the country’s new austerity measures yesterday in a speech that proclaimed the end of the Welfare State and welcomed the beginning of a “participation society.”  Speaking in defense of spending cuts that have been sharply criticized, the monarch said the second half of the twentieth century had brought about arrangements in social security and long-term care that are “unsustainable in their current form.”  In the participation society, people would be responsible for their own futures, and would have to plan for financial and medical needs on their own with less help from government.

A newly released analysis of Census data from President Obama’s first term have revealed that America is not immune to the consequences of bad fiscal policy.  During his first four years as President American’s household real income fell $2,627, while the number of Americans in poverty rose by 6,667,000, resulting in a record high 46,496,000 Americans living in poverty.  The “Hope and Change” Barack Obama had promised was heavy on rhetoric but lacking in results.  His policies have, instead, exacerbated economic hardships.

Read more and watch video at: http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/dutch-king-kills-welfare-state-lauds-new-participation-society-video/#.Ujo-1cacfkO