James M. Buchanan Quotes
Politicians and bureaucrats are no different from the rest of us. They will maximize their incentives just like everybody else.
How would the US be different today if people coming off the boat were greeted with a welfare check instead of a shovel?
If politicians get money to spend and don't have to be responsible for taxation, then of course that will bias their attitude toward more spending as opposed to cutting back on spending.
Clearly, I am not an anarchist. Philosophically, I might be, but I think in practical terms.
America is perhaps excessively mobile in the sense that there is sometimes not enough stability in communities. Dynamism in the economy is not necessarily the "be all and end all".