The welfare-warfare state
AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo
06/20/08
The Democrats have struck a deal with the White House, essentially giving Bush everything he wanted in terms of more money for his war, and more authority to conduct it as he sees fit, in return for increased social welfare spending. The libertarian social theorist Murray N. Rothbard coined a very useful term to describe what is happening, in this instance: he dubbed modern America a ‘Welfare-Warfare State,’ and surely this Democratic deal with the Devil shows how it works in practice. The Democrats used the war to seize control of Congress, and have ever since voted to fully fund — indeed, over-fund — U.S. military operations in Iraq and throughout the region. Whether this prefigures how President Obama will deal with the issue — well, you’ve been warned...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=13018
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/justin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Murray+N.+Rothbard
by Justin Raimondo
06/20/08
The Democrats have struck a deal with the White House, essentially giving Bush everything he wanted in terms of more money for his war, and more authority to conduct it as he sees fit, in return for increased social welfare spending. The libertarian social theorist Murray N. Rothbard coined a very useful term to describe what is happening, in this instance: he dubbed modern America a ‘Welfare-Warfare State,’ and surely this Democratic deal with the Devil shows how it works in practice. The Democrats used the war to seize control of Congress, and have ever since voted to fully fund — indeed, over-fund — U.S. military operations in Iraq and throughout the region. Whether this prefigures how President Obama will deal with the issue — well, you’ve been warned...
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=13018
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/justin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Murray+N.+Rothbard
rudkla - 20. Jun, 10:36
