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welfare state
- The state is still the main provider of welfare benefits: we’re still living in a welfare state.
Sozialstaat; Wohlfahrtsstaat
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policy
- a new/official/controversial/conservative/zero-tolerance policy; a change of policy
Politik; (politisches) Programm
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aid
- first aid; public aid; legal aid
- → to aid sb/sth (v)
Hilfe; Unterstützung
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benefit
- unemployment/social security/maternity/tax benefit
Beihilfe; Unterstützung
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recipient
- For people who have been welfare recipients for a long time it is often difficult to enter the job market again.
Empfänger
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self-sufficiency
- ability to provide for oneself everything that is needed
Eigenständigkeit; Selbstversorgung
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low-paying job
- Many immigrants have to settle for low-paying jobs at first.
- ↔ well-paid job
schlecht bezahlte Anstellung
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proponent
- The proponents of the new immigration law stressed how much it would be needed in the coming years.
- ↔ opponent
Befürworter
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food stamp
- government benefit for people with very low incomes, usually in the form of coupons or cards that can be used to get food at stores
Lebensmittelmarke
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health insurance
- The government wants to keep the cost of national health insurance in check.
Krankenversicherung
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labour force
- workforce
erwerbstätige Bevölkerung
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single-parent family
- ↔ two-parent family
Familie mit nur einem Elternteil
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needy
- being in need; poor
bedürftig
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to offset sth
- to counterbalance
- Less and less children are being born, but immigration offsets this at the moment so that the total population remains stable.
etw. ausgleichen
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decline
- gradual weakening
- → to decline (v)
Rückgang; Abnahme; Niedergang
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to peak
- The unemployment figures peaked at 14 million last month, but now it should get better again.
- → peak (n)
einen Höchststand erreichen
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dependent on
- The government wants to reduce the number of people who are dependent on welfare programs.
- ↔ independent from
abhängig von
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