. >>> kevin williamson is next on booktv. mr. williamson argues that the collapse of the modern welfare state in the u.s. presents an opportunity for market-dprifn alternative to be explored. it's about an hour twenty. >> good afternoon, everyone. i want to thank you for coming out, and to welcome you all to the auditorium at the cato institute. my name is michael tanner. i'm a senior fellow here at the cato institute. of course, i'm not the person you are really here to see. we are here, actually, to talk about new book by kevin williamson, "the end is near" it's going to be awesome. we have kevin, who will be talking to us a little bit and talking about the book in a few moments. we'll have some commentary on

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we are here to talk about new book by kevin williamson, "the end is near and it's going to be awesome." we have kevin talking to us a little bit about his book in a few moments and then we will have some commentary on not from nick gillespie of a reason.com and recent tv will have a few things to say i'm sure. if you look around right now, you can see pretty obviously that the major institutions of the modern welfare state are beginning to show their strength after all, you can look at the fact we have right now at the federal level 126 separate federal antipoverty programs at a cost of $860 billion a year. and yet, poverty rates go up. we spend more every year on education, more federal education programs, more federal education dollars and test scores go nowhere. we spend more money on social security and medicare as these programs careened towards bankruptcy and yet social security delivers a much lower in declining rate of return to young people leaving them on the hook for higher taxes or lower benefits in the future. federal intervention in the health care system from medicaid t

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