X-Message-Number: 21845 From: "aschwin de wolf" <> References: <> Subject: Re: The "right" to welfare Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 20:54:25 -0400 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01DA_01C327B6.D1B495F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Defense spending as a percentage of GDP is not that high. If cuts need to be > > made it should be in other areas (like welfare). > > Excuse me!? Who the hell are you to say such a brainless and callous thing? Have you ever needed > welfare? I highly doubt it! Then you're mistaken. As a matter of fact I don't have a job at the moment but as a matter of principle I don't accept *stolen* money. For the theoretical underpinnings of this view see my website Against Politics: http://www.againstpolitics.com/ Or Bryan Caplan's excellent paper on the subject: "Behavioral Economics and Perverse Effects of the Welfare State": http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/perfinal.doc Or Jan Narveson - "We Don't owe them a thing" about the "right" to welfare: http://www.etsu.edu/philos/classes/hhl/we.don%27t.owe.them.a.thing.pdf ------=_NextPart_000_01DA_01C327B6.D1B495F0 Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21845