"Building Wealth For Everyone," The New York Times, May 30, 2000.

Excerpt: Social insurance began in Europe, principally in Germany in the Bismarck era. In 1911, Winston Churchill carried unemployment insurance in the House of Commons, representing the Liberal government. The Tories opposite said the workers would spend the money on drink; Churchill said it was their money. Whereupon a first principle was established.

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