11.   Statists note with satisfaction high rates of personal taxation, generous welfare payments, an ambitious industrial strategy.

12.   Sweden is particularly sensitive to corporate downsizing because of its generous welfare benefits and because its export-oriented manufacturers are a relatively big part of the economy.

13.   The cuts have spurred mass rallies among citizens accustomed to some of the most generous welfare benefits in the world.

14.   The Netherlands still has generous welfare programs, but offers the industrialist or entrepreneur low corporate taxes and flexible labor rules.

15.   There is the high cost of employing workers in Europe, where businesses foot much of the bill for generous social welfare programs.

16.   After years of deficit spending, the Swedish government on Tuesday said the national economy had recovered enough to support generous welfare programs without going into the red.

17.   Ahmed al-Rubei, an opposition deputy who served in the Cabinet as education minister, said the generous welfare system cannot continue.

18.   All these steps are unpopular with Kuwaitis who are accustomed to a generous welfare system.

19.   Both steps were highly unpopular in this oil-rich state whose citizens have enjoyed a generous welfare system for decades.

20.   But it also has eroded support for Pasok, which had built its foundation around patronage and generous welfare spending.