…thirty attacking labor—you should expect capital growth. But that doesn’t mean that capital growth is welfare-enhancing, or even necessarily has a positive ROI. At Bear Stearns’s main building, 383 Madison,…

…it harder to cut Social Security OASDI pensions. Certainly recipients stress the (perceived) fact that they just want their money back and that it isn’t like welfare. How could we…

…(including associated administrative expenses) to persons for whom no current service is rendered. Includes retirement, disability, unemployment, welfare, and similar programs, except for Social Security and income security for veterans,…

…to be a doozy as well. This is too bad because we’re talking about jobs and the welfare of American families here. I like to follow two weekly indicators to…

…That leaves you with about $39 billion to fund (or not fund) the following: Defense vendors ($31.7 billion) IRS refunds ($3.9 billion) Food stamps and welfare ($9.3 billion) Unemployment insurance…

…no work is required for SSI. It is a “welfare” program, not a social insurance program. SSI began on Jan. 1, 1974. In the intervening years, SSA has had plenty…

…is some objective judge of what is best for the public welfare without effective oversight or restraint is anti-democratic and probably un-Constitutional, at least in spirit, as it has been…

…of the Mississippi — was turned into farm land with troublesome runoff and little environmental value. Taxpayers sent huge checks to “welfare farmers.” Their workers were more like wage slaves…

…labor and away from non-labor income. The payroll tax penalizes job creation. By extension it fosters the gray economy, welfare-dependency and crime. This was not a serious problem in (say)…

…and by a slowdown in real-sector nominal growth. Government Capture. Unlike welfare payments, for instance, which distribute money widely and hence are difficult to bring to bear on lobbying etc.,…