31.   The country is struggling to balance generous welfare benefits against mountainous public debt and high unemployment.

32.   The government says most are simply seeking a better way of life, sometimes attracted by reports of generous welfare benefits.

33.   The government went easy on cuts to the generous welfare system.

34.   The planned cutbacks have riveted the small country, which is trying to reconcile its generous welfare system with the deepening red ink and a lackluster economy.

35.   The State Duma rejected the original draft in October, with opposition leaders calling for more generous welfare spending and additional state investment to stimulate growth.

36.   Under the plan, Belgium aims to gradually reduce the charges companies pay to cover a generous social welfare system.

37.   While promising to reform the generous welfare system and rein in state spending, they portray themselves as the champions of the underprivileged.

38.   While even the critics agree that the German economy is faltering under the weight of generous welfare benefits, there is no public consensus on where to cut.

39.   In addition to expanding elderly populations, the Fund also cited particularly generous welfare payments and a rising number of beneficiaries.

40.   Both China and Eastern Europe had been hobbled by subsidized state enterprises whose workers expected generous social welfare benefits.