Marlen V. Ronquillo
Marlen V. Ronquillo

The conventional wisdom is this: the state has been coddling the poor through safety nets and social programs run amuck. Pundits and commentators who take their talking points from Social Darwinists just echo what the Social Darwinists say with passionate intensity: the government has been a “dole-out state” with over-the-top, over generous safety net provisions. They regurgitate this meme ceaselessly—over and over again .

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