In his series “Free to Choose,” Nobel prize winning economist Milton Friedman explained how government handouts created a disincentive for people to seek employment.
You can watch the entire episode here, or watch the video below:
A caller to a KLBJ radio show exemplifies what Friedman warned about.
Listen to this woman brag about getting welfare, smoking weed and how she’ll never get a job.
Well, unless her welfare is taken from her. Then she’ll work: