Ending the Era of the Free Lunch

More and more, governments in America (and Europe) are passing out free benefits that would shock us if we stopped and thought about when it became the role of government to do that. For example, medical care, school nutrition programs, mortgage subsidies, corporate welfare programs, farm subsidies, and countless smaller federal, state, and local programs. You can even get a free cell phone and service now. This proliferation of government benefits is responsible for a considerable amount o...