Stealing from Each Other: How the Welfare State Robs Americans of Money and Spirit

by Edgar K. Browning

Book Overview

Almost all Americans would be better off if none of the federal welfare-state policies of the last century--including Social Security--had ever been enacted. So argues economist Edgar Browning, and with good reason: In 1900, government played a very small role in the day-to-day activities of American citizens. There was no income tax. No Social Security. No federal welfare programs. No minimum wage laws. No federal involvement in education. Government...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313348227
• ISBN13: 9780313348228
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"