Sentences with phrase «dependency culture»

The phrase "dependency culture" refers to a situation where people rely too much on others or the government for support and do not take enough responsibility for their own lives. Full definition
The problem is that such transfers are unsustainable and hold the danger of creating a permanent dependency culture.
That's even before we get into the corporate welfare dependency culture which guarantees hand outs for companies such as Atos and a4e for appallingly poor performance.
Socialistic governments produce dependency cultures that inhibit work, initiative, and growth.
So, terms like «dependency culture» and» something for nothing» are simply politically loaded and highly stigmatising.
But, particularly in an age of unprecedented cutbacks and freezes, this dependency culture has to be redressed in a careful manner and is something that this government would ignore at its peril.
Like it or not, immigration, crime, welfare fraud, the dependency culture, and the politics of identity are much more pressing issues for prospective Tory voters.»
«Many scholars and commentators fear that generous social benefits threaten the sustainability of the welfare state due to work norm erosion, disincentives to work and dependency cultures,» the researchers say in the paper, «The bigger the worse?
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