The right policy is a growing economy, non-burdensome immigration laws, a welfare system which promotes work, not dependency, and a culture of assimilation, not isolation.
Mr Duncan Smith said his plans were designed to reduce welfare dependency and make work pay.
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What he means is sharply expressed in his warning to young people not to lapse into dependency but to work to improve their skills, to avoid crime, sloth and disorderly conduct.
Our nation has confronted welfare dependency, but our work is only half done.
They have little desire to replace traditions of hard work and thrift with a flabby welfare dependency.
According to an estimate by the World Bank, the disease has already cost the Caribbean region some 6% of its potential wealth, because of lost workers, increased dependency on those who do work, higher medical spending and reduced savings.
He said it encouraged a culture of dependency for both those out of work and working families penalised by having too much taxed in the first place.
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He said there is "a pressing need to reform the welfare system" and tackle the problems of poverty and dependency on welfare by "ensuring that work pays and is seen to pay".
He said government was "making the system more affordable" and "better able to tackle unemployment and welfare dependency and creating the right incentives by ensuring work always pays".
Mr Duncan Smith's overarching message is that cultural change is required - both in the minds of those on benefits and in government - so that the welfare system is a springboard into work, rather than something which traps people into a life of dependency.
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