My old graduate school professor and one-time George Mason University colleague Gordon Tullock used to argue with the Ted Kennedy/Hubert Humphrey school of welfare statists during his day by asking them:  Why are you so stingy?  Why don’t you advocate giving welfare payments to anyone anywhere in the world?  Why are you only concerned about American poor people? Gordon’s point was that anyone in his right mind would have to realize that such a policy would quickly bankrupt the U.S. government (hold your applause, please), and impoverish America. But today’s welfare statists are very different.  Their response to Gordon Tullock’s … Continue reading Not Your Father’s Welfare Statists