Sentence examples for Encourage dependence from inspiring English sources

Does it encourage dependence or self-reliance?

Second, we should note that redistribution has limits, beyond which mere monetary transfers encourage dependence.

Ryan correctly criticized welfare policies that encourage dependence and undermine family commitments.

It also says that the Council's program would create make-work jobs and encourage dependence by paying participants more money than private companies pay for comparable work, discouraging them from leaving welfare.

Liberals, meanwhile, counter the accusation that their policies encourage dependence by calling the social welfare system a "safety net," there only to provide a "leg up" to people who have "fallen on hard times".

In an excellent discussion Peter C. Myers speculates that Douglass's "moderation" at this point was a reflection of "what was politically possible", and of his concern that benevolent missions organized by whites might encourage dependence in the freedmen and prevent them from developing and exercising the virtues of a free people.

Nutrition programs have fortified generations of children, while encouraging dependence on . . .

As early as eighth grade, when she was identified as a player, her talent encouraged dependence, which delayed self-discovery.

A recent Lancet editorial concluded, simplicity "has proven to be a doubled-edged sword... that has encouraged vertical programming, and encouraged dependence on technological solutions rather than overall social transformation".

This, too, encourages dependence on interest groups, as well as a tendency to overcome differences and gain support by making appeals in terms of overheated patriotism rather than policy.

From Tudor poor laws to Victorian workhouses to universal credit, the same political dilemmas face all welfare policies: how to prevent starvation without the moral hazard of encouraging dependence.