1.   Nevertheless, the move back towards a more generous welfare policy for older people was hesitatingly slow.

2.   Both have a generous social welfare system, and high taxes to pay for it.

3.   But in the minds of many in Europe, they have become associated with an attack on the generous welfare benefits to which Europeans have become accustomed.

4.   Countries with generous welfare benefits, as in many European nations, saw little new-company formation.

5.   Even in states with relatively generous welfare benefits, the cuts will have a significant impact on beneficiaries.

6.   Fueling the competition among states to slash benefits and restrict eligibility for welfare would be the common perception that generous welfare programs are a magnet for the poor.

7.   If state governments try to finance generous welfare, they trigger in-migration of the poor and out-migration of wealthy taxpayers.

8.   Indeed, the United States is not alone as a wealthy country that gives generous welfare programs to farmers.

9.   Otherwise they would be subjected to financial drain as poor immigrants flocked to take advantage of their relatively generous welfare rules.

10.   Some cheat on the generous welfare system.