Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Brigham Young University Law Review

Abstract

The growth of government is an oft told tale, and nowhere is that growth more pronounced than in the expansion of government transfers of money, goods, and services to persons in need. These transfers rest on the presupposition that all individuals have a right to personal welfare. This asserted welfare right is typically defined as the right to receive "any form of assistance- monetary payment, good, or service-provided to an individual because of his or her need." The definition does not resolve all concrete cases. It is often difficult to determine in individual cases whether a payment is a pure transfer payment, as opposed to compensation for services rendered, or a payment wider a scheme of social insurance, in which the transferee has previously paid market value for the benefits received.

First Page

201

Volume

1985

Publication Date

1985

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