…receiving government financial assistance for basic material needs…
…a system whereby the government undertakes to protect the health and well-being of its citizens, especially those in financial or social need, by means of grants, pensions, and other benefits. The foundations for the modern welfare state in the US were laid by the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt…
…organized effort to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need…
…a movement to change the federal government’s social welfare policy by shifting some of the responsibility to the states and cutting benefits…
…government support or subsidy of private business, such as by tax incentives…
…denoting government policies that encourage those receiving welfare benefits to find a job, for example by providing job training…
