Subsidizing poverty creates more of it.

Welfare is more like a hammock than a safety net.

Big-government conservatism undermines economic dynamism by acquiescing to the idea of an ever-growing state.

Who has more riding in the wagon than pulling it?

If the goal is to make people comfortable in dependency, the current system is a big success.

As dependency goes up, cultural capital plummets.

We’re not in immediate danger of hitting the tipping point, but the trends are not good.

Obama’s unimpressive call for more statism

Being tough on crime shouldn’t mean mistreating those trying to do the right thing.

It’s very hard to be optimistic about Denmark given what this chart shows.