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Vocabulary: aids and taxes. - English lesson

In order to help during the successive economic, humanitarian, or social crises, the different States have, in most cases, created some measures to provide the needy with help and ressources, or simply to help them have a better and easier life. 

Those helps can take several forms, and are, most ot the time executed thanks to the care of social workers who are well informed and who can help: assist, advise, "encourage" a little, and always inform. 

I) Your country's helping you...

* What's the Welfare State? ( http://www.localhistories.org/welfare.html )

The Welfare State is accountable for the well-being of the citizens of the country where it is practised, ensuring that a minimum standard of living can be reached by everyone;  those social measures include qualified staff informing and guiding future recipients  and of course, medical and social specialists who take care of them after making sure they are entitled to a precise help.  

That system of measures varies a lot in the different countries all over the World. Besides, they may change very often (for better or for worse) depending  on political changes.

* Fighting for people's health:

* Fighting for people's security and "Pursuit of Happiness". 

 SOCIAL SECURITY   =   Helps unemployed and retired people. 

The National Health Service in Britain                   Medicare - Medicaid in the USA                    NHS : 1948 - 2018 Happy anniversary! 

II)  What are your rights? 

III) How can a maximum of people be helped? Thanks to taxes and subscriptions...

"pay-as-you-earn (British English)/ pay-as-you-go (American English) = your income-tax is taken when your work is paid for. 

The Inland Revenue= (BE) == The Internal Revenue (AE)

"The rates" (BE) till1992= "the Council tax"  (former community tax/ Poll tax) 

Let's hope you'll be able to find your way through the system concerning you, and through the following test, of course... 

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