Even though individual incomes increased by 121 percent from 1959 to 1995 government taxes and fees paid per head jumped by 155 percent in the same period. The total share of national income taken by all levels of government rose from 32 percent in 1965 to about 40 percent in 1994. In addition, the costs of regulations skyrocketed during the same period. In other words, America'a social problems worsened as government grew. No wonder Leftists carefully select their statistics.
Markets consist of people.
This is a fundamental fact that too many people, particularly some economists, fail to see. Therefore you cannot call the market amoral or immoral without passing the same judgment upon its participants. Here we have social arrangements based on voluntary exchange, that, at least in principle, accept that all individuals have the right to enjoy the fruits of their labor and their property. Why such arrangements should undermine rather than strengthen the family is never really explained by leftists, though they are never short of assertions. Markets have done more to provide for families and communities than any other arrangements.