Posted on 04/21/2008 9:06:12 PM PDT by jazusamo
“In many cases, the average taxpayer has lower income than the people on whom the government lavishes its financial favors.”
So true! I stopped donating to the local food bank when it struck me that I was showing up to donate food in my 10 year old car, while the people coming to get food were driving cars that were a year or two old.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Thomas Sowell for President!
Sowell BTT. He should know about the value of an education - dropped out of high school, joined the Marine Corps, got a GED afterward, and his academic career went Howard to Harvard (cum laude), Columbia, and University of Chicago. Not bad for a high-school dropout from Harlem.
You can say that again and he's one of the finest thinkers and writers in the country.
Brilliant piece.
I did not know that about this remarkable man. Thanks for posting it.
Semper Fi! to Mr Sowell!
You can start by reading “Visions Of The Annointed”.
Then, maybe “Race and Culture”.
Then “Black Rednecks and White Liberals”.
Then there’s about fifteen or twenty more.
(Haven’t read them all myself)
Sowell is relentlessly sane and perceptive. Very calming.
Wow, I had no idea. I just searched and verified the info. The article also stated his birthdate - he’s 77 years old. (I thought he was much younger.)
Too bad you didn’t ask to trade radials for bread.
>> I did not know that about this remarkable man. Thanks for posting it.
Sowell is the seltzer of sober thought.
Yes! He and Walter Williams are two of the finest economists.
If the black community followed their leadership instead of the obamas and the jacksons they would be lightyears ahead.
Would that be a good thing or a bad thing?
Brilliant piece.Nope. He's got the right idea, but he's too busy scoring political points to actually explain why college tuition is a socialist scam.
This article from Slate does a much better job of debunking the times.
I can't think of anyone with his ability to simplify without getting simplistic. He never talks down to his readers, yet manages to make his points clear to all.
If Obama was truly interested in transcending political and social divisions, he'd reach out to Prof. Sowell and other rightist intellectuals who are obviously making their policy prescriptions in good faith.
Sadly, Obama is no new figure of hope. He's just another Marxist, albeit with a great marketing plan.
The big question is: when will this house of cards called ‘higher education’ fall under its own weight?
I have.
By far his most important work is "Knowledge and Decisions." 50 years from now people are going to be looking at that book the way that modern economists look at "The Wealth of Nations" or "the Road to Serfdom". His other books read better, but that one is the one that will inevitably have the biggest impact IMHO.
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