Synonyms for welfare state
wel·fare state

Princeton's WordNet

1. welfare statenoun

   a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.

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1. Adam Smith:

   I was able to get them to enthusiastically support the largest expansion of the social welfare state since the Affordable Care Act -- the widows tax and paid parental leave, that was an enormous accomplishment, OK? I got them to do things that they never wanted to do.

2. Fox News:

   Democrats want this, they want a welfare state. That’s why all their policies increase the welfare state.

3. Frode Alfheim:

   Those revenues are not possible to replace from other sources. Much of the welfare state comes from this industry.

4. Frode Alfheim:

   Every responsible government, on the left or on the right, will need to balance the budget and they will have to rely on revenues from oil and gas, those revenues are not possible to replace from other sources. Much of the welfare state comes from this industry.

5. Jacob Hornberger:

   There is no difference in principle, ... between the economic philosophy of Nazism, socialism, communism, and fascism and that of the American welfare state and regulated economy.