The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.
You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.
Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why should this country bet billions on global warming predictions that have even less foundation?
What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.
What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.
The real minimum wage is zero.