welfarism 福利主義

welfarism
繁:福利主義
简:福利主义

他分析,財政司長曾俊華的長遠財政報告提出本港有財政危機,相信政府會「撳着荷包」難增撥款;若要求打工仔額外供款,在現時社會氣氛下,不少年輕一代反映經濟負擔甚重,認為「已不願供強積金,還要我再畀錢」,更要將所賺薪金供養其他長者,非保障個人,憂走向「福利主義」。至於開徵銷售稅或加收利得稅,有商界甚至指是違反《基本法》簡單稅制要求。

周永新:退保錢從何來分歧嚴重 領長津者已達43萬「退保不能原地踏步」(2014年5月26日)。明報,A06。

In Hong Kong there is still major institutional resistance to what is known as welfarism but the problem is getting worse. Powerful voices cling to the idea that poverty will somehow fade away as the economy expands. Hong Kong’s experience is precisely the opposite because as the economy has expanded the wealth gap has widened and growing numbers of people have been thrown onto the poverty dump.

Vines, S. (2014, January 16). Policy Address shows CE on the right track to solve urgent issues, China Daily (Hong Kong Edition), pp. 09.