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<li>Would you prefer to spend long hours at a job you may dislike or even hate, or to instead send out a few discouraging job applications, and spend the rest of the day doing something you definitely enjoy? Any welfare program makes the condition it seeks to change more attractive, either by increasing rewards or reducing penalties.</li> | <li>Would you prefer to spend long hours at a job you may dislike or even hate, or to instead send out a few discouraging job applications, and spend the rest of the day doing something you definitely enjoy? Any welfare program makes the condition it seeks to change more attractive, either by increasing rewards or reducing penalties.</li> | ||
<li>If people are too self-interested to give up their hard-earned money for free, then they are also too self-interested to give up free money. The degree to which self-interest hinders charitable giving | <li>If people are too self-interested to give up their hard-earned money for free, then they are also too self-interested to give up free money. The degree to which self-interest hinders charitable giving is the degree to which self-interest induces needless taking. </li> | ||
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Revision as of 02:08, 26 May 2012
Arguments Against Welfare
- If you wanted to help the poor, would you donate your hard-earned money to a wealth redistribution bureau? Why not? If welfare programs are more efficient than charities, they deserve every dollar you donate to help the poor. Furthermore, charities that haven't been crowded out by welfare programs should be nationalized to prevent further wastages.
- Would you prefer to spend long hours at a job you may dislike or even hate, or to instead send out a few discouraging job applications, and spend the rest of the day doing something you definitely enjoy? Any welfare program makes the condition it seeks to change more attractive, either by increasing rewards or reducing penalties.
- If people are too self-interested to give up their hard-earned money for free, then they are also too self-interested to give up free money. The degree to which self-interest hinders charitable giving is the degree to which self-interest induces needless taking.