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Doug Bandow
Doug Bandow

Doug Bandow is an American writer born in 1954. His works mainly involve politics, economics, and international relations. Bandow once served as an analyst at the Congressional Research Service and has held research positions at several think tanks, including the Cato Institute and the Independent Institute. His writing style is characterized by critical thinking and a liberal stance. more

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“The history of the welfare state is the history of public enterprise pushing out private organization. The impact was largely unintentional, but natural and inevitable. Higher taxes left individuals with less money to give; government's assumption of responsibility for providing welfare shriveled the perceived duty of individuals to respond to their neighbors' needs; and the availability of public programs gave recipients an alternative to private assistance, one which did not challenge recipients to reform their destructive behavior.”

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