Executive Summary On many instances, the government has strived to tackle the issue of unemployment but ended up handling its symptoms. The changes that will be discussed in this report are founded on the facts that unemployment cannot be avoided by handling the symptoms alone. The welfare state has shaped the lifestyle of the less privileged in a manner that has enclosed generations after generations in a circle of dependency resulting from unemployment. This failure has led to a waste of billions of money each year in meeting the social costs. The appropriate way to ensure a sustainable system is by resolving the root causes of unemployment such as educational failure, economic dependency, and corruption. This report generates plausible recommendations aimed at changing the culture of dependency and unemployment that might have been nurtured by the benefits system. This report recommends the use of a well-developed benefits system to address the problems of the majority affected by unemployment or ageing. The welfare state should assist everyone to find work and ensure that work has desirable pay. The framework to be considered focuses at improving on earlier reforms by aiming at maximising work incentives while protecting the needy. Three normative theories of welfare will be used to expound on the issue of the benefits system. Communitarianism, Feminism, and neoliberalism theories will be discussed. Introduction Based on the normative theorists’ line of thought, the welfare state perception comes from the belief that human beings live in a state of dependence on fellow humans. This perception is in the sense that humanity is interdependent to an extent that there is a moral duty to mind about the wellbeing of others. This assertion holds regardless of whether that individual deserves this in one way or the other. However, people are aware that this ethical demand is essentially at dispute with individual’s interest for authority and avidity. Based on these claims, people often seek to destruct such expectations with the belief that one has to prove that s/he deserves the benefits of the welfare state. When people choose to do things based on their selfish urges, the whole foundation of the welfare state begins to slip. This report explores the opportunities of a benefits system in the developed nations. The benefits system offers financial assistance for the unemployed population and seeking for employment. Besides, it offers additional financial support for low-income earners, for the retired or those with disabilities. Consequently, the society with the help of the government and other agencies generates a welfare state that reflects the care for one another. Nonetheless, such care has been reduced to theory while being aware of the fact that a welfare society is hard to achieve. People and entities are compelled to act if as they care hence no one thinks about other people’s life. The contemporary state of welfare The current welfare system has failed to match the pace of the evolving needs of the society and economy. Previous efforts have made significant reforms but have failed to rationalise the entire landscape. Currently, two major problems persist. First, work incentives for most groups are discouraging. Individuals create the perception that working at certain g