The Real Dog-Eat-Dog

The Dog-Eat-Dog Welfare State Is Lose-Lose - Forbes: "John Maynard Keynes—not exactly history’s greatest opponent of government spending—is reported to have said he would be worried if government outlays ever surpassed 25 percent of GDP. Well, in recent years both American and British government expenditures have hovered around 40 percent of GDP. The bulk of that spending, perhaps as much as 70 percent in Britain, goes to feed the ravenous welfare state.

Clearly it’s time to question the welfare state."

RTWT -- it's short and to the point.