The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.

One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that read more

One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.

Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: read more

Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

The welfare of the people is the ultimate law

We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and read more

We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity.

The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the read more

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.

The assumption that spending more of the taxpayer's money will make things better has survived all kinds of evidence that read more

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."

Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt by read more

Welfare is hated by those who administer it, mistrusted by those who pay for it and held in contempt by those who receive it.