According to a survey, while the majority believe too little assistance is given to the poor, more than a third believe too much is spent on welfare.

一项调查显示，尽管大多数人认为政府给予穷人的援助太少，但仍有超过三分之一的人认为政府在福利方面花费太多。

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They would rather work than live on welfare.

他们宁愿工作而不愿靠社会保障金过活。

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I want to work, I don't want to be on welfare.

我想工作，我不想依靠救济。

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The rallies,led by workers from the textile and electronics industries, called on the government to provide more welfare to the unemployed workers and support industries hit by the downturn.

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The thing that's really doing the heavy hitting on risk management is really the tax and welfare system.

而税收和福利制度能真正有效地,实现风险管理。

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In 1992, a study on literacy of United States a particular illiteracy was associated with law incompetence, with poverty, with welfare, with incarceration.

992年，一项关于美国人文化素养的研究,文化素养低下与,低下的生活水平，贫困和社会福利，以及监禁有一定关系。

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What happened there was that people who were on welfare were forced to work.

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Mr Robinson said such a stance had been evident on welfare reform, pension reform and parades.

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Although the expenditure on welfare schemes for 2013-14 has gone up, they are a bit skewed.

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