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Originally Posted by aka123
Nor have social expenses contributed significantly to public debt."
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As I said earlier in this post: "the welfare bill contributes to that national debt for every single country that operates a welfare state and has a national debt." The above supports what I am saying and the fact that some research thinks it does not make a "significant contribution" doesn't matter one iota, it still contributes to public debt.
It is clear that countries with large welfare states do tend to be the ones with big government, big regulation, more intervention and also do tend to have higher debt levels. There's absolutely no question about that.