As governments exerted greater control, people got more state benefits from their taxes, and more rights, such as voting, which engendered a feeling of ownership over the state. It became their nation.

随着政府施加更大的控制，们从税收中更多的国家福利，以及更多的权利，如投票权，这就产生这个国家属于我们的感觉。国家也就形成。

In general, this newspaper's instincts lie with small government and against ever higher taxation to pay for an unsustainable welfare state.

总之，本刊认为这取决于小政府，反对以持续增高的税收维持一个福利国家难以相继的状态。

It is the secret of social welfare and national greatness.

家庭是社会福利和国家强盛的秘诀。

The welfare state, income tax, nationalisation, all grew out of conflict and crisis.

福利国家、所税、国有化，都是在冲突和危机中产生的。

Lilly isn't happy in Liberty and moves to Freeland with a stronger welfare state.

莉莉在自由城不开心，于是搬到福利国家更强大的弗里兰。

That has had an impact, but those kinds of debates don't really get framed as like a challenge to the existing welfare state, but more like tweaking the details.

这已经产生影响，但这种争论没有真正被视为对现有福利国家制度的挑战，而是更像是在调整细节。

In fact, the architect of our national accounting system, Simon Kuznets, in the 1930s, said that, " A nation's welfare can scarcely be inferred from their national income."

事实是，我国核算系统的创造者，Simon Kuznets在30年代就说：一个国家的福利是很难从收入上去推断的。

I had a foreman to tell me that all Black women do is get fat, have a bunch of kids and collect welfare.

有个工头告诉我，黑女性只会变胖，生一堆孩子，然后等着领国家福利。

European welfare states often rely on tax systems that are flatter than America's, using welfare spending to smooth out inequities.

欧洲福利国家常依靠比美国更低的税收制度，使用福利支出来弥合社会不公。

Unlike in some European countries, it is extremely hard for an able-bodied immigrant to live off the state.

与在一些欧洲国家不同，在美国，四肢健全的移民想要依靠国家（福利）生活，比登天还难。

And the reality here is, I think, is that we're living in an inverse welfare state.

我认为，现实是，我们生活在一个反向福利国家。

But most countries with generous benefits experience fewer than ten days a year of absence.

但是，大多数享有慷慨福利的国家每年的缺勤天数少于10天。

For many people, a benefit is money handed out by the state, often to the undeserving.

对许多来说，福利是国家发放的钱，通常是给不值的的。

Maybe some parts of the world don't, but we have enough. And we've known for a long time that this is not a good measure of the welfare of nations.

但也有些国家不是。我们很久以来都知道，这不是衡量一个国家福利的好方法。

In Belgium, immigrants who lose jobs can receive almost two-thirds of their most recent wage in state benefits, which must make the hunt for a new job less urgent.

在比利时，失业的移民可将约等于其最近薪资三分之二的国家福利金，这无疑让失业者觉找到新工作这件事变不那么迫在眉睫。

In order to qualify for the services of the welfare state, you need a personal identification number. And this is getting increasingly difficult to obtain.

为有资格享受福利国家的服务，你需要一个个识别码，这个码越来越难。

They usually want a big welfare state that ensures a fair redistribution of wealth and provides equal access to opportunities.

他们通常希望建立一个大福利国家，确保财富的公平再分配，提供平等的机会。

Swedes generally, if you look at the research, are really supportive of the idea of paying higher taxes in order to have a well-funded welfare state.

查看研究可以发现，通常瑞典非常支持的观点是，通过缴纳更高的税款来成为资金充足的福利国家。

Since the emergence of the welfare state, adults who want to work have generally found themselves in one of two positions: earning a wage from their job or receiving unemployment benefits.

自从福利国家出现以来，想要工作的成年通常会发现自己面临以下两种处境：工作赚取收入或者领取失业救济金。

The Liberal governments under Campbell-Bannerman and Herbert Asquith embarked on a series of reforms which increased state support for the sick and elderly and laid the foundations for the welfare state.

坎贝尔-班纳曼和赫伯特·阿斯奎斯领导的自由党政府实施一系列改革，增加国家对病患和老年的支持，为福利国家奠定基础。