Sylvain Charat
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com.
Welfare has become a characteristic of President Obama’s domestic policies. There has been a surge in American citizens on welfare over the last four years, including a 50-percent increase in people on food stamps (from 32 to 47 million). It is a form of “welfareship.”
As a citizen of France, I know such a society very well. France has 60 years of…