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Many politicians recognize America's welfare state as an opportunity. They chastise those who condemn the reach of current social insurance and demonize them on the grounds of the first intent (i.e., for humanitarian reasons). Thus, further growths of welfare become encouraged, and the politicians making such promotions gain a valuable voting bloc: those whose livelihoods depend on continued government disbursements.
—The Welfare Loan: Dependence and Control
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