Walter E. Williams : Article on the welfare state.

Pt314 · Senior Member

Walter E. Williams : Article on the welfare state.

arbilad · Head Chef

It sounds like a very interesting book, and I agree with the premise. Government has told us that we will give our money to the recipients of these programs or they'll take our property and throw us in jail.
I much prefer voluntary programs. They're much more effective anyway. I still remember after the tsunami that devastated so many asian countries, the UN relief mission was still arguing about what hotel to stay at while private organizations were in sleeping bags near a runway when they weren't helping to unload relief planes.

lundbaek · Profuse Pontificator

John Taylor stated: "There is also another political party, who desire, through the influence of legislation and coercion, to level the world. To say the least, it is a species of robbery; to some it may appear an honorable one, but nevertheless, it is robbery. What right has any private man to take by force the property of another? The laws of all nations would punish such a man as a thief. Would thousands of men engaged in the same business make it more honorable? Certainly not. And if a nation were to do it, would a nation's act sanctify a wrong deed? No; the Algerine pirates, or Arabian hordes, were never considered honorable, on account of their numbers; and a nation, or nations, engaging in this would only augment the banditti, but could never sanctify the deed". [ John Taylor, Government of God, 1852, p. 23]

See also "The Proper Role Of Government" by Ezra Taft Benson
http://www.zionsbest.com/proper_role.html

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

That does sound like a good book. I wonder if it's on Amazon... $44.95 - ouch! That's thievery! teehee...