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Welfare State Promoter Melts Down On-screen: “Whites Owe It. Fork It Over.”

Written by Gary North on September 4, 2012

This lady wants safety nets. She says that the prevailing majority voters will not fork over the money they owe the poor to provide government-funded safety nets. She yells. She screams. “Fork it over!” What if she were black? I mean really black, as in African black. What if she were having a tirade in […]

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Paying Farmers to Farm Poor Land

Written by Gary North on June 11, 2012

One of the oldest and most entrenched boondoggles is the crop insurance program. The federal government pays the premiums for privately sold, highly profitable insurance to farmers. If crop prices fall, farmers get paid. Why pays them? Taxpayers who live in cities. So, if food prices are high, taxpayers lose. But if food prices fall, […]

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