All Posts Tagged With: "welfare for the rich"
Dead Men Farming
By now you’ve probably heard that a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report states: From 1999 through 2005, the USDA “paid $1.1 billion in farm payments in the names of 172,801 deceased individuals. . . . 40 percent went to those who had been dead for three or more years, and 19 percent to those [...]
1Nov2007 | John Stossel | 0 comments | ContinuedWelfare for the Rich
Advocates of the free market—including those considered “right-wing” and “conservative”—believe it is wrong to violate property rights. Consequently, they oppose egalitarian measures to steal from the rich and give to the poor. Such “income redistribution” represents naked theft and epitomizes the Founding Fathers’ fears of unfettered democracy. At the same time, champions of laissez faire [...]
1Apr2007 | Robert P. Murphy | 10 comments | ContinuedTraitor or Trader?
Daniel Sumner is in trouble. Sumner, an agricultural economist at UC Davis, has been accused of betraying his country. What has Sumner done? Given the charge, you might assume that he has aided terrorists or leaked nuclear secrets. Or perhaps shared some sophisticated technology with America’s enemies.
1Sep2004 | Russell Roberts | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Awesome Powers of Government
Government possesses far more mechanisms that influence actions in the private sector than most people realize. The typical business firm faces an impressive array of government powers. Government as Paymaster. The oldest policy tool available to government is to hire people and put them on its payroll. Government employees represent such diverse professions as teachers, [...]
1Mar2004 | Murray Weidenbaum | 79 comments | ContinuedAx Business Welfare and Privatize Social Security
Doug Bandow, a nationally syndicated columnists, is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author and editor of several books, including Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World. The president and Congress have promised a balanced budget by 2002, but a recent poll found that just 17 percent of Americans [...]
1Mar1998 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedTake the Rich Off Welfare by Mark Zepezauer and Arthur Naiman
Odonian Press • 1996 • 191 pages • $9.00 Aaron Steelman is staff writer at the Cato Institute. Corporate welfare has become a favorite target of political activists across the ideological spectrum. Free-market groups such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Citizens for a Sound Economy, and Americans for Tax Reform have joined forces with Public [...]
1Feb1998 | Aaron Steelman | 0 comments | Continued-
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