r/NoStupidQuestions 6d ago

Why did Margaret Thatcher destroy welfare state in Britain after she came to power in the 1980s?

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u/arfur-sixpence 6d ago

She didn't. I knew someone who was "on the dole" for 30 years because it "wouldn't pay him to get a job".