This is no longer so in the United States, whose social welfare program has been spent paying of the national debt.

但在美国不再如此，这个国家的社会福利项目已经花在了偿还国家债务之上。

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He'd just signed up for food stamps, which is just about the only social-welfare program a man can easily access.

他打算登记申请食品券，这是一个男人唯一能够轻易得到的社会福利。

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It is popular with some Indians for a massive social welfare program, but has faced criticism for a series of alleged corruption allegations and failing to stop a rapid slowdown in economic growth.

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Conservatives like to pretend that Social Security is an extravagant welfare program so even these pitiful rates of return are inexcusably high.

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But they reveal little understanding of the complex interest-group politics and broader meaning of Medicare in America, as a social insurance program, as a pillar of the liberal welfare state, as a force in the lives of millions of people.

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