THE EXPANDING WELFARE STATE

Since we are living through one of the most historic increases in the interventionist-welfare state in the last hundred years, we need to remind ourselves of the dangers from this massive expansion in the political plunder machine.

The modern state may use the illusionary rhetoric of "social justice," but the reality of political paternalism is a further loss of our individual liberty, a huge growth in political coercive power, a weakening of the independence and charactor of free men, and a massive expansion of government debt, taxes and likely inflation that threatens to stiffle the prosperity of Americans for decades to come.

I discuss some of the factors and political forces that are propelling us in this direction in a new article of mine on, "The Menace and Immorality of the Welfare State."

It is taking us further down a new road to serfdom, in which a political and special interest elite plan and control our lives, while expecting us to be their serfs producing the wealth they want to steal.

Richard Ebeling at the Mises blog

-flynn