Everything we get, outside of the free gifts of nature, must in some way be paid for. The world is full of so- called economists who in turn are full of schemes for getting something for nothing. They tell us that the government can spend and spend without taxing at all; that it can continue to pile up debt without ever paying it off, because "we owe it to ourselves.
Henry HazlittAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher
- Nationality: american
- Born: November 28, 1894
- Died: July 8, 1993