There are 3 questions that would destroy most of the arguments of the Left. The first is - compared to what? The second is - at what cost? And the third is - what hard evidence do you have?

There is nothing that politicians like better than handing out benefits to be paid for by someone else.

The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state.

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.

Some people say that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. But the runaway taxes of our time are the price we pay for being gullible.

I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.