I serendipitously picked up “The Case for Big Government” by Jeff Madrick.
One of my favorite quotes is “If high taxes allegedly reduce efforts, surely unfair compensation should do the same. Fair compensation should improve effort.”
I have several other quotes that I may post from time to time.
If you would like to read a description of the book and some reviews, visit the Hennepin County Public Library catalog https://catalog.hclib.org and enter its title in the search box.
Health was worse in the cities than in the country because of sanitation. Government provided sewer systems and the health improved. Government also mandated certain vaccinations and funded the development of many vaccines.
Bumper sticker: if you don’t have smallpox, thank the government.
