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Thus, welfare has created a group of permanent dependents, gun control has increased gun-related crime, and the war on drugs has created an immensely profitable drug trade.
A Gorkha Welfare Scheme (GWS) has been introduced for these ex-servicemen and their dependents.
Also, tax advice: Claim lots of dependents and don't get married (tax laws favor singles).
Most public and private employers that offer health-care benefits to employees provide coverage to the spouses and dependents of workers without a commensurate increase in employee contributions.
Another development that has in the past served as an immediate warning of U.S. use of force: the withdrawal of nonessential State Dept. personnel and their dependents from embassies (in Israel and Kuwait), and of U.N. inspectors and humanitarian aid workers from Iraq.