The Welfare system

In 1948, the British basically realized the "welfare state", the world in establishing their own welfare system, we come to Britain to learn from their experience, thinking that his stones from other hills may serve to polish jade, but for Britain, the huge welfare system is just like chicken ribs, that they are not abandoned, eat too tired, really hard to dismount miserable.

From cradle to grave welfare system, indeed let the British have been very proud: young children thrive, the elderly enjoying their later years, but it like a double-edged sword, excessive social welfare, to economic has increased too much load. The early 20th century, the United Kingdom is still second to none in the world enjoy the "world factory" reputation may be, but 100 years later, its status is in decline in Europe, at best, can only be considered a second-rate country. Why did Britain and the decline by Sheng, speaking for many reasons, but the all-embracing welfare system, I am afraid to blame.

The British welfare system, this is a product of social contradictions reconciled. Every social change, victims are usually the lowest level of workers, peasants, in order to ease the contradiction between the welfare system came into being. Continuing 300 years of enclosure, so that farmers have no set stricken, ruin and death, full of hatred of the authorities has become a "trouble maker", this, the British Government to combine soft and hard, one hand high-handed policy to crack down on the other one hand to appease tame. 1601 enactment of "poor law" (poorlaw), established throughout the country workhouse, asylum relief to the elderly, orphans, the disabled. The 18th century, the industrial revolution, labor productivity by leaps and bounds, puts many workers tossed sea of bitterness of unemployment and promote the abyss of poverty, people hurry, and could rise up at any time, the ruler of the buildings crumbling. Blame for the civilian population, philanthropists who advocate lenient, vigorously promote welfare, the Government's relief surface wider: the children for free medical examinations and medical treatment, and poor students are given free milk, subject to compensation for work-related injuries, unemployment and get relief, 70-year-old the above low-income people, as long as 12 years have lived in the UK can take the pension.