The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.

Quote by Thomas Sowell

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The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would...

The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would...

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone...

If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone...

The real minimum wage is zero.

The real minimum wage is zero.

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why...

Would you bet your paycheck on a weather forecast for tomorrow? If not, then why...

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price...

Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price...

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

The government is neither a monolith nor simply the public interest personified.

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves hinking people respond automatically to...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves hinking people respond automatically to...

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy...

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy...

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions...

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions...

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced...

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced...

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives...

The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives...

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.

There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes....

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes....

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to...

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to...

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever...

The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever...

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who...

Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who...