Britain’s Welfare Spending Is Undermining Its Economy

The Wall Street Journal has a brutal report on how Britain’s welfare spending (on cash programs, not health care) is crushing the country’s budget and, increasingly, its economic vitality. The statistics on recent benefit growth are appalling:

How can so many more people be claiming disability if only so many people are actually disabled? The answer lies in the programs’ obvious potential for abuse:

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John R. Puri

John R. Puri is the Thomas L. Rhodes Fellow at National Review.

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The Wall Street Journal has a brutal report on how Britain’s welfare spending (on cash programs, not health care) is crushing the country’s budget and, increasingly, its economic vitality. The statistics on recent benefit growth are appalling:

How can so many more people be claiming disability if only so many people are actually disabled? The answer lies in the programs’ obvious potential for abuse: