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.

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."

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.

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.

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it

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.

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.

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