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On Laffer and the undeserving poor

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On Laffer and the undeserving poor

Lazy farmers don't deserve to die.

Jun 5, 2020
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White House adviser Arthur Laffer is rehearsing an old capitalist parable against welfare, according to the Washington Post’s Jeff Stein:

Imagine there’s two farmers [on an island] and nothing else. One gets unemployment. Who pays for it? The other farmer! That’s economics - straight, simple, intuitive, and true. That’s why government spending doesn’t wo…

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