Tagged with "U.S. welfare system"

Europe, welfare migration, and hypocrisy

It is completely understandable that David Cameron wants to limit welfare access of recent immigrants. But the bigger problem is that welfare dependency is a bad thing in itself, whether one is a recent immigrant or a long-standing citizen
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 9 February 2016
Welfare trapping Europeans in poverty

Amazingly, in nine European countries welfare benefits exceed the minimum wage. Some countries are just a paradise for slackers, and the whole system is simply unsustainable
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 10 September 2015
Britain and Europe's Welfare Jihad

Welcome to Britain and Europe's Welfare Jihad. It's one thing to commit economic suicide by allowing people to loaf around on state benefits. It's quite another to pay them to start blowing up modern society. Civilisational suicide, anyone?
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 2 June 2015
Labour's poverty pimps must learn welfare hurts the poor

There was a time when (New) Labour was open to learning lessons from America. If they weren't now just a bunch of populist welfare pimps they'd see that the welfare state helps bureaucrats, and is a disaster for the poor
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 23 September 2014
UK dealing with welfare, and employment is growing

When you add together the panoply of redistribution programs operated by government, it’s easy to see why far too many people are being trapped in government dependency. When you untrap them, you get jobs, as Britain shows
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 25 July 2014
Welfare multiplied by demographics equals doom

Any type of pay-as-you-go welfare state becomes increasingly expensive when there are more and more old people and fewer and fewer young workers. See the killer graph showing why some nations are doomed
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 10 February 2014
Britain shows America the need for "poverty porn"

Television reality shows in Britain exposing welfare fraud are getting the mass explosion in UK welfare on the agenda. The squishy Cameron government is at least under pressure for change. America needs that too
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 25 January 2014
Whatever happened to that "Anglo-Saxon" model?

Mainly, your preconceptions about welfare basket case countries will be right. Yes. The proportion of GDP spent on welfare in France is phenomenal. But the trend in that direction in the US and Britain will knock you off your chair too
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 18 January 2014
How welfare redistributes income from Blacks to Whites

Remarkable study from Left-leaning institute says welfare redistributes from Hispanics, blacks, and other people of colour to whites. This will put the cat among the Left's ideological pigeons
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 4 January 2014
A merry Christmas for Washington's parasite class

Simply stated, government is a racket that benefits the DC political elite by taking money from average people in America (it's the same in Europe too). Corrupt insiders are using your money to buy their Christmas presents
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 23 December 2013
Welfare state as the Ghost of Christmas Past

Scrooge would have loved putting people on welfare. Chain them to a life of state dependency and then rich socialists can just forget about them and turn charity into a dirty word
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 20 December 2013
Even Scandinavian welfare states realise too many handouts are destructive

Even Scandinavian nations are realising that there has to be a limit to incentive-killing and taxpayer-sapping redistribution
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 3 September 2013
Martin Luther King did not argue for welfare dependency

Whatever the Left may have convinced itself, Martin Luther King wanted to liberate black people from legal disabilities but he also wanted African Americans to take responsibility for self-improvement
by Vincent Cooper - 3 September 2013
How the welfare state hurts the poor

The welfare state hurts the poor even more than it hurts taxpayers. For the Left, on the other hand, it's a bonanza
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 4 July 2013
OECD urges America to copy Europe’s welfare system

Relying on dishonest poverty numbers, OECD bureaucracy urges America to copy Europe and adopt an even bigger welfare state
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 5 June 2013