Analyzing the Welfare System: The Excessive Influence of Government

Block, Walter

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Analyzing the Welfare System: The Excessive Influence of Government

Walter E. Block

Loyola University New Orleans - Joseph A. Butt, S.J. College of Business

July 7, 2011

Vital Speeches of the Day, October 1988

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I have been asked to address the question of the welfare state. In my view, the ideal situation would be one where we had no welfare state at all. Welfare is demeaning to recipients, it creates dependency, and it reduces self-reliance. Further, it is morally suspect because the money used is derived through force, through the compulsory tax system

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Date posted: July 11, 2011

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Block, Walter E., Analyzing the Welfare System: The Excessive Influence of Government (July 7, 2011). Vital Speeches of the Day, October 1988. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1881112

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