Quote of note: Why the Welfare State Must Be Dismantled. - Granite Grok

Quote of note: Why the Welfare State Must Be Dismantled.

 

From George Gilder: The Real Reagan Lesson for Romney-Ryan, which originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal:

“Everyone knows about America’s liabilities. Everyone knows that they will have to be addressed and many know that Mr. Ryan’s plan will address them. But the real opportunity is to transcend them by…

…reversing the devaluation of America’s human and capital assets, which is what renders the liabilities increasingly unsupportable.

Today, 70% of government discretionary spending devalues human assets by paying people to be unemployed, unmarried, retired, sick, poor, homeless, hapless, disabled or drugged. With the eclipse of family life in the inner cities of America, we have created a welfare state for women and children and a police state for boys. Supposed problem-solving programs accomplish nothing beyond expanding themselves by spreading dependency and tragic waste. Reforming them is all upside.”

George Gilder is one of the main architects of the Reagan Revolution. He is the author of many best-selling books, including Wealth and Povertiy, The Spirit of Enterprise, Microcosm, The Israel Test, and others.

 

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