Welfare State

By The Daily Dish

by Chris Bodenner
In response to my post on bribes, a reader points to last month's "Harper's Index":

"Number of Iraqis who receive regular payments from the U.S. government in exchange for not fighting:  91,600"

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/07/welfare-state/213632/