Country Quote by Giorgio Napolitano

Maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of, 'a transitional living fund.' For that is what it is - for people to…

— Sheila Jackson Lee

I would not be opposed to devising a new system of pensions, in which one part was based on collective provision, but which also…

— Jacques Delors

We must have a welfare system that we can afford, which will mean giving greater attention to directing the welfare program toward its primary…

— Michael Portillo

Making strong infrastructural reforms, particularly in the area of social security, that's not an appealing prospect for any country or for any political structure.…

— Roberto Azevedo

I think there should be a law that would allow the Oireachtas to take pensions away from people. That would go for corrupt politicians;…

— Leo Varadkar

One of the big problems in America's economic polarization and shrinkage is that pensions can't be paid. So there are going to be defaults…

— Michael Hudson

We can't reform mandatory spending in this area until we first deal with ours. I tell my colleagues, 'Let's get the moral high ground…

— Anonymous

“The entry of government into social insurance and then into a broader range of social interventions has caused incalculable human suffering. It has not…

— Charles Murray

Social Security must be preserved and strengthened. But we need to be candid about the costs and willing to make the tough choices that…

— Lindsey Graham

“The welfare state and its funding are at the center of current political debate in the United States. Today, the country is divided on…

— Werner Neff

The Welfare State, which begun in Imperial Germany for the truly indigent and disabled, has now become "everybody's entitlement" and an increasing burden on…

— Peter Drucker

Public social services, infrastructural policies, and so on are vital. But a basic income should be part of a package of reforms.

— Guy Standing