Kasz216 on 28 May 2009
Also although it's a longer and more philosophical arguement I would argue that welfare generally hurts the development of people as regards to giving of themselves to others.
As can be seen by the chart above in regards to US states... as well as the fact that the US gives a higher percentage of money to charity per GDP then any other country.
The Us gives 1.7% of GDP with the next biggest country being the UK who gives .7% GDP.
France... who has one of the more socialist governments in the world is also the stingiest giving only .14% of GDP. (These are just numbers for individuals by the way.)
