Williams is a nationally syndicated columnist, author, teacher, speaker and
social critic. His columns are renowned for their wit, clarity, and
hard-hitting anti-statism. He is famous to millions of radio listeners as a
popular substitute host on the Rush Limbaugh show.
Books include:
He's also had numerous articles published in scholarly and popular journals. He has a Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles, and is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
"Conservatives and liberals are kindred spirits as far as government spending is concerned. First, let's make sure we understand what government spending is. Since government has no resources of its own, and since there's no Tooth Fairy handing Congress the funds for the programs it enacts, we are forced to recognize that government spending is no less than the confiscation of one person's property to give it to another to whom it does not belong -- in effect, legalized theft.
"Liberals believe government should take people's earnings to give to poor people. Conservatives disagree. They think government should confiscate people's earnings and give them to farmers and insolvent banks. The compelling issue to both conservatives and liberals is not whether it is legitimate for government to confiscate one's property to give to another, the debate is over the disposition of the pillage."
-- from All It Takes Is Guts
Last Modified, Mon Nov 17, 1997