by Dan Mitchell | Apr 18, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
Economists often do a crummy job of teaching people about the impact of fiscal policy on the labor force, largely because we put people to sleep with boring discussions about “labor supply” decisions (my blog post from last year perhaps being an example of this...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 22, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
This story from the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal makes the point, excerpted below, that the welfare state subsidizes dysfunctional behavior. But read the story to understand how big government destroys lives, ruins families, and creates inter-generational...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 27, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Here’s a passage from a speech by a well-known political figure, but it wasn’t Ronald Reagan, Ron Paul, or Milton Friedman. The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 6, 2010 | Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
At a recent speech in Atlanta, a somewhat famous former elected official made some rather blunt comments about welfare. According to a news report: In discussing welfare, he said rules instituted by liberals to limit benefits to single mothers discouraged blacks from...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 5, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
This isn’t a video produced by an anti-welfare group. It’s not even from the United States. Instead, you’re looking at a straight news clip from England that unintentionally offers a very powerful example of how welfare saps initiative, creates dependency, subsidizes...
