The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people.
“I look my best when I take my helmet off after a long motorcycle ride. I have a glow and a bit of helmet hair.”
“But as I often say, terrorists won't check our party registration before they blow us up.”