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The tendency of welfare spending in the United States has been to increase at an exponential rate.
Henry Hazlitt
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Henry Hazlitt
Age: 98 †
Born: 1894
Born: November 28
Died: 1993
Died: July 8
Economist
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Philosopher
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Henry Stuart Hazlitt
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