2. In the Newsweek magazine one can sometimes find articles, which contain different people's opinions on the problems of a welfare state.
1) What are some of these opinions? (AB Unit 5, ex. 5)
2) Which of these opinions can be used as examples to support what Mr Reed, Mr Green and Mrs Hope say about the advantages and disadvantages of the welfare state.
Mr Reed says, that only those people who really need benefits should get them.
Take a child benefit, for example. It is available to everybody in a welfare state, though many middle-class people do not actually need financial help.
3) Which of the opinions do you agree or disagree with? Why?
1) What are some of these opinions? (AB Unit 5, ex. 5)
2) Which of these opinions can be used as examples to support what Mr Reed, Mr Green and Mrs Hope say about the advantages and disadvantages of the welfare state.
Mr Reed says, that only those people who really need benefits should get them.
Take a child benefit, for example. It is available to everybody in a welfare state, though many middle-class people do not actually need financial help.
3) Which of the opinions do you agree or disagree with? Why?