You will demonstrate your awreness of how commentators on social welfare and politicians often intrepret the same welfare developments (including historical trends) in very different ways. For example, & amp;quot;social democrats & amp;quot; often believe that expanding welfare spending and improving social policies is a good thing. They argue that the welfare state helps to both solve social problems(such as poverty and homelessness) and promote economic growth (because it contributes to the creation of a better educated, healthier workforce). By contrast, & amp;quot;neo-liberals & amp;quot; often believe that the welfare spending and policies are negative. They argue, for example that the UK''s & amp;quot;generous & amp;quot; such as idleness, dependency, crime and teenage pregnancies. Also, because welfare has to be paid for by taxation, it hit''s profits and actually harms rather than helps the economy. Marxists interpret welfare developments in different ways to both social democrats and neo-liberals.