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The Limits of Power (Thomas Sowell)
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| April 20, 2010
| Thomas Sowell
Posted on 04/19/2010 7:11:49 PM PDT by jazusamo
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:11:49 PM PDT
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jazusamo
To: jazusamo
This guy is always a good read! Great analytical mind, I say!
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:14:58 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: abigail2; Amalie; American Quilter; arthurus; awelliott; Bahbah; bamahead; Battle Axe; ...
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:15:02 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
Friedrich Hayek called this mindset "the road to serfdom." It is extremely sad but also ironic that it took a "black" president to move the nation back towards a form of slavery.
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:21:23 PM PDT
by
highlander_UW
(First we take down the Democrats, then we clean the Augean stable that is the GOP.)
To: jazusamo
Great column. Thanks for posting!
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:29:18 PM PDT
by
buridan
To: jazusamo
Thanks for the ping.
I wonder if Obama ever reads Sowell?
To: NotSoModerate; jazusamo
I wonder if Obama ever reads Sowell?
To: NotSoModerate
I wonder if Obama ever reads Sowell?Hah! It'd sure be nice to think so. After Obama comes down from the ceiling if he really thought about it he might learn something. :-)
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:37:15 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: smoothsailing
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:37:58 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
This may be my favorite Sowell piece ever.
Example:
"Tasks involving judgment or talents were different because no one can know how much judgment or talent someone else has. In short, knowledge is an inherent constraint on power. Payment can bring forth the knowledge or talent by giving those who have it an incentive to reveal it and to develop it."
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:39:31 PM PDT
by
norton
To: norton
Agreed, and the paragraph you selected is dead on the money.
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:44:39 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
Thanks for the ping jaz. Great post by Dr. Sowell again.
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:45:29 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists...Call 'em What you Will, They ALL have Fairies Living In Their Trees.)
To: jazusamo
When warnings transform to preparation for dealing with the unimaginable.
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:45:45 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
To: jazusamo
Thomas Sowell just gets better all the time.
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:46:37 PM PDT
by
SkipW
To: jazusamo
Joseph of the O.T. comes to mind, a slave who became the second most powerful man in Egypt.
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:48:53 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(No Romney, not now, not ever!)
To: jazusamo
Thomas Sowell possesses the maturity and wisdom that the Messiah can only admire.
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:50:32 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
(.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
To: smoothsailing
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! That’s pretty funny!!!
To: highlander_UW
It is extremely sad but also ironic that it took a "black" president to move the nation back towards a form of slavery. Alan Keyes has been warning the nation since 2004 about Obama's slavemaster mindset. Few seemed to want to listen.
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:53:57 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(No sane man loves war. But all decent men realize there can be no peace with tyrants or terrorists.)
To: jazusamo
Obamas reform of every major institution reminds me of the early soviet 5 year plans....
To: jazusamo
Dr. Sowell nails it yet again.
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posted on
04/19/2010 7:58:47 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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