What we want to do is reform the welfare system in the way that Tony Blair talked about 13 years ago but never achieved - a system that was created for the days after the Second World War. That prize is now I think achievable.
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There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.
What we're putting forward is the most radical reform of the welfare state... for 60 years. I think it will have a transformative effect in making sure that everyone is better off in work and better off working rather than on benefits.
My idea, as the whole world knows, is that the capitalist system now doesn't work either for the United States or the world, driving it from crisis to crisis, which are each time more serious.
Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions.
I believe we now have a glorious opportunity: we can pass our laws and set our taxes entirely according to the needs of the U.K. economy.
After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.
Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
We need to reclaim our American system of limited government, low taxes, reasonable regulations, and sound money, which has blessed us with unprecedented prosperity. And it has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.
As Tony Blair has made clear, our fundamental challenge is how to make Europe work better.