The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived all kinds of evidence that it has made things worse. The black family- which survived slavery, discrimination, poverty, wars and depressions- began to come apart as the federal government moved in with its well-financed programs to "help."
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The welfare of the people is the ultimate law
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The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for read more
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that read more
It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the read more
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Socialism is workable only in heaven where it isn't needed, and in hell where they've got it
Socialism is workable only in heaven where it isn't needed, and in hell where they've got it
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in read more
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
The principles are clear and explicit. The free market is fine for the third world and its growing counterpart at read more
The principles are clear and explicit. The free market is fine for the third world and its growing counterpart at home. Mothers with dependent children can be sternly lectured on the need for self-reliance, but not dependent executives and investors, please. For them, the welfare state must flourish.
The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.
The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.
