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welfare state
Social Security: A Broken Socialist Dinosaur
Commentary It seems many still harbor or want to perpetuate the illusion that our Social Security system is not in trouble. Let me quote here from a statement from the ...
January 24, 2024
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Star Parker
‘Universal Basic Income’ Welfare State Pushed as the Model for America’s Future | Live With Josh
There is a large-scale push in the United States for new policies of universal basic income. Some of ...
January 9, 2024
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Joshua Philipp
The End of Social Democracy
Commentary A friend reminded me of a piece I wrote in 2017 that predicted the end of social ...
December 21, 2023
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Jeffrey A. Tucker
The Incredible Contribution of the Charitable Impulse
Commentary A great mistake everywhere in political science literature is the vast overestimation of the actual contribution that ...
November 30, 2023
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Jeffrey A. Tucker
The ‘No’ Campaign Should Target Welfare Dependency in Its Push Against The Voice
In failing to decisively attack Aboriginal dependency on the welfare state, the "No" campaign is missing an the ...
September 26, 2023
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Gabriël Moens
Social Security Reform About Principles, Not Accounting
Commentary Per CNN and other media outlets, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ran his first campaign for Congress ...
February 15, 2023
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Star Parker
Government Spending Threatens Americans’ High Standard of Living
Commentary The average American home is almost 2,200 square feet. An average home in the United Kingdom is ...
February 1, 2023
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Betsy McCaughey
Plutocratic Socialism and the Corruption of Democracy
This article is adapted from the book “Plutocratic Socialism: The Future of Private Property and the Fate of ...
July 21, 2022
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Mark T. Mitchell
Paternalistic Government: Killing US With Kindness?
Commentary We all have probably imagined a life of ease at some time in our lives. The dream ...
September 22, 2021
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Mark Hendrickson
America in the Grip of an Idea
Commentary In 1979, historian Clarence B. Carson (1926–2003) published a book titled, "The World in the Grip of ...
August 12, 2021
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Mark Hendrickson
Biden’s $6 Trillion Budget Plan Faces GOP Opposition
President Joe Biden on Friday sent Congress a $6 trillion budget proposal that would spend big on infrastructure, climate ...
May 29, 2021
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Caden Pearson
Biden’s American Families Plan Ends ‘End of Welfare’
WASHINGTON—Ahead of his first address to a joint session of Congress, on April 28, President Joe Biden rolled ...
April 29, 2021
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Emel Akan
Increased Child Tax Credit Paves Way for Universal Basic Income, Experts Say
The Biden administration is planning to drastically expand the nation's welfare state through increased child allowance grants quietly ...
March 9, 2021
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Bowen Xiao
2020 and the Future of Freedom, Social Peace, and Prosperity
Commentary This is not an exercise in hindsight—discussing what we could or should have done differently in 2020—but ...
January 15, 2021
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Herbert Grubel
Our Mixed Economy Is a Mixed Blessing
Commentary A century ago, by stealth and circumstance, socialism crept into Canadian society. It has since become entrenched, ...
December 29, 2020
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Brad Bird
Universal Basic Income Explained
Commentary It sounds great on the surface. Three beautiful and important words. Universal. Basic. Income. Taken together, they ...
December 27, 2019
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Valentin Schmid
Doing Right, Helping Others
Commentary There are two aspects to the traditional way we think about helping those in need. One is ...
October 10, 2019
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Paul Adams
Down With the Welfare State! Onward to the Welfare Society!
Commentary The welfare state is a pernicious and destructive system that saps the moral fiber of a nation ...
February 8, 2019
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Trevor Loudon
Why Is Communism Evil?
Commentary Communism is not evil because of the estimated 85 million to 100 million deaths caused by Marxist-Leninist ...
December 20, 2018
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Trevor Loudon
State Benefits Negatively Affect Personality—Here’s How
Few debates raise blood pressure more readily than those about the welfare state, especially those regarding the personality ...
November 9, 2015
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Adam Perkins
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