You could argue that the welfare industry has been a driver for the modern push, but I would suggest that taxation has historically been the initial driver.
There is also an argument that the desire has always been there - but only in the last 40 years or so has the means to really consider implementing it fully been available. And only in the last 15 years have the linkages been available that actually can deliver that.
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Date: 2008-09-16 08:58 pm (UTC)There is also an argument that the desire has always been there - but only in the last 40 years or so has the means to really consider implementing it fully been available. And only in the last 15 years have the linkages been available that actually can deliver that.