Posts Tagged ‘ Welfare ’

After the Cait Reilly case, we should seriously consider cutting welfare benefits to all 18 to 25-year-olds – Brendan O’Neill

Caitlin Reilly “forced labour” ruling (PDF) – Mr Justice Foskett

Don’t ignore the benefits elephant

We have recently see a demand for a “benefits charge card”, one which would replace cash and control the items a benefits recipient is “allowed” to purchase. This may seem seductive to some people and for very different, often almost diametrically opposed, reasons. Some may object to misuse of monies that were taken by...
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The Values of Welfare – Frank Field

FT concedes that the welfare state is a ponzi scheme

Last night the FT, a mainstream newspaper (and a client of mine as it happens), conceded that the welfare state is a Ponzi scheme. Defending the application of this illegal category of schemes to the welfare system, a theory was presented that only one future generation (the last) suffers out of this arrangement because...
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A little item on BBC Four shows communicating with the left is a waste of time

On Saturday I listened to a BBC Radio Four show called “From Our Own Correspondent”. In one item a BBC lady in Sweden talked about the Swedish Welfare State. As the lady said, the British government is interested in the Swedish Welfare State. What the British government is interested in is choice in providers (health...
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We can but dream

At the 2015 election, there is a hung parliament, with the Tories in a minority and desperately needing the five new Libertarian MPs to join them in a coalition. We’re offered three bills during the fixed five-year term in exchange for taking a coalition whip. What realistic three bills would you demand? Go too...
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Nudge as a transitory measure

Thanks in part to the current controversy over benefit caps there has been a lot of discussion at Libertarian Home about how and whether Welfare fits in with the ideology, and it became clear how varied the views are within the movement. Representing the objectivist corner, I made my position clear that I consider...
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Is Libertarianism Compatible With a Welfare State?

The short answer to this question is “No”. The long answer to this question – in summary – is “it depends”. It depends on the circumstances in which a welfare state exists, the aims of the welfare state and the success in achieving those aims. Most who are familiar with libertarianism will likely be...
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How many do they think they are?

New commenter Laogai has penned an excellent comment which is worthy of greater attention. In one post he deftly identifies an interesting contradiction in the minds of left wing commentators and follows by neatly summing up the libertarian approach to welfare. Laogai writes: Charity for the poor can be implemented in at least two...
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