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welfare state

  • Social Security: A Broken Socialist Dinosaur
    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, 2024BY Star Parker
  • ‘Universal Basic Income’ Welfare State Pushed as the Model for America’s Future | Live With Josh
    ‘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, 2024BY Joshua Philipp
  • The End of Social Democracy
    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, 2023BY Jeffrey A. Tucker
  • The Incredible Contribution of the Charitable Impulse
    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, 2023BY Jeffrey A. Tucker
  • The ‘No’ Campaign Should Target Welfare Dependency in Its Push Against The Voice
    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, 2023BY Gabriël Moens
  • Social Security Reform About Principles, Not Accounting
    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, 2023BY Star Parker
  • Government Spending Threatens Americans’ High Standard of Living
    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, 2023BY Betsy McCaughey
  • Plutocratic Socialism and the Corruption of Democracy
    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, 2022BY Mark T. Mitchell
  • Paternalistic Government: Killing US With Kindness?
    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, 2021BY Mark Hendrickson
  • America in the Grip of an Idea
    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, 2021BY Mark Hendrickson
  • Biden’s $6 Trillion Budget Plan Faces GOP Opposition
    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, 2021BY Caden Pearson
  • Biden’s American Families Plan Ends ‘End of Welfare’
    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, 2021BY Emel Akan
  • Increased Child Tax Credit Paves Way for Universal Basic Income, Experts Say
    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, 2021BY Bowen Xiao
  • 2020 and the Future of Freedom, Social Peace, and Prosperity
    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, 2021BY Herbert Grubel
  • Our Mixed Economy Is a Mixed Blessing
    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, 2020BY Brad Bird
  • Universal Basic Income Explained
    Universal Basic Income Explained
    Commentary It sounds great on the surface. Three beautiful and important words. Universal. Basic. Income. Taken together, they ...
    December 27, 2019BY Valentin Schmid
  • Doing Right, Helping Others
    Doing Right, Helping Others
    Commentary There are two aspects to the traditional way we think about helping those in need. One is ...
    October 10, 2019BY Paul Adams
  • Down With the Welfare State! Onward to the Welfare Society!
    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, 2019BY Trevor Loudon
  • Why Is Communism Evil?
    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, 2018BY Trevor Loudon
  • State Benefits Negatively Affect Personality—Here’s How
    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, 2015BY Adam Perkins
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