Benefits Quote by Ralph Raico

Protectionism, socialism, all varieties of state favoritism and restrictions on competition, and the growth of bureaucracy and jobbery were the means by which special…

— Ralph Raico

In a political struggle of class against class, organization of trade unions is the most important weapon.

— Friedrich Engels

“These monopolies, and many more, gave individuals or groups the sole right to control the production of many goods. They impeded the type of…

— Daron Acemoğlu

We have seen a central government promote the power of labor-union bosses, and in turn be supported by that power, until it has become…

— Anonymous

Public unions are the country's foremost advocates for increased taxes at all levels of government.

— Jonah Goldberg

The "health, education, and welfare" section of government is another boondoggle. First we manufacture indigent and superfluous people by legal monopolies in land, money…

— Laurance Labadie

“After a series of campaign scandals involving secret donations from the newly rich industrial barons in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Progressives…

— Jane Mayer

When you have powerful unions, you have a working class that is politicized.

— Danny Glover

The rise of globalization, the rise of finance capital, the elimination of the manufacturing base, the decimation of the working class, particularly in terms…

— Henry Giroux

“It was always about using these sweeping deals, as well as a range of other tools, to lock in a global policy framework that…

— Naomi Klein

The literature is like that - they [unions] are constantly talking about the masses, the danger they pose, and how to control them. They…

— Noam Chomsky

Specialization makes the welfare of the society vulnerable to the market and to political forces beyond national control.

— Robert Gilpin