“The shrill gloats and exultatios of A [the welfare parasite], who has got something for nothing, drown out the repining of B [the taxpayer] who has lost something that he earned.  B, in fact, becomes officially disreputable, and the more he complains the more he is denounced and detested.  He is moved, it appears, by a kind of selfishness which is incompatible with true democracy.  He actually believes that his property is his own, to remain in his keeping until he chooses to part with it.  He is told at once that his information on the point is innaccurate, and … Continue reading The Role of the Taxpayer Under True Democracy