Mark Steyn: Big Government debauches not only a nation's finances but its human capital, too. When William Beveridge laid out his blueprint for the British welfare regime in 1942, his goal was the 'abolition of want' to be accomplished by 'co-operation between the State and the individual.' . . . Sir William succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.
Want has been all but abolished. Today, fewer and fewer Britons want to work, want to marry, want to raise children, want to lead a life of any purpose or dignity. The United Kingdom has the highest drug use in Europe, the highest incidence of sexually transmitted disease, the highest number of single mothers, the highest abortion rate. Big Government means small citizens: it corrodes the integrity of a people, catastrophically.
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