The most troubling aspect of social policy towards the poor in late 20th century America is or how much it costs, but what it has bought.
The reason welfare is bad is not because it costs too much, nor because it "undermines the work ethic," but because it is intrinsically at odds with … - Charles A. Murray
The reason welfare is bad is not because it costs too much, nor because it "undermines the work ethic," but because it is intrinsically at odds with …
- Charles A. Murray
The welfare state is an enemy of private property. The excessive taxation used to support the welfare state is extremely dangerous. - Charles A. Murray
The welfare state is an enemy of private property. The excessive taxation used to support the welfare state is extremely dangerous.
Educational romanticism asks too much from students at the bottom of the intellectual pile, asks the wrong things from those in the middle, and asks … - Charles A. Murray
Educational romanticism asks too much from students at the bottom of the intellectual pile, asks the wrong things from those in the middle, and asks …
When life becomes an extended picnic, with nothing of importance to do, ideas of greatness become an irritant. Such is the nature of the Europe syndr… - Charles A. Murray
When life becomes an extended picnic, with nothing of importance to do, ideas of greatness become an irritant. Such is the nature of the Europe syndr…
The United States Congress, acting with large bipartisan majorities, at the urging of the President, enacted as the law of the land that all children… - Charles A. Murray
The United States Congress, acting with large bipartisan majorities, at the urging of the President, enacted as the law of the land that all children…
We tried to provide more for the poor and produced more poor instead. We tried to remove the barriers to escape poverty, and inadvertently built a tr… - Charles A. Murray
We tried to provide more for the poor and produced more poor instead. We tried to remove the barriers to escape poverty, and inadvertently built a tr…
People need self-respect, but self-respect must be earned - it cannot be self-respect if it's not earned - and the only way to earn anything is to ac… - Charles A. Murray
People need self-respect, but self-respect must be earned - it cannot be self-respect if it's not earned - and the only way to earn anything is to ac…
Give people plenty and security, and they will fall into spiritual torpor. - Charles A. Murray
Give people plenty and security, and they will fall into spiritual torpor.
It was the transmutation of the classical liberal intellectual foundation by Christianity that gave modern Europe its impetus and that pushed Europea… - Charles A. Murray
It was the transmutation of the classical liberal intellectual foundation by Christianity that gave modern Europe its impetus and that pushed Europea…
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