Quotation of the Day…
… is from page 189 of Thomas Sowell’s 1993 collection, Is Reality Optional?:
There are people who seem to think that the world owes them an awful lot, but who feel no need to explain what they have contributed to the world that led to this great debt.
DBx: This group of people includes, of course, those who demand welfare payments from the state. But it also includes everyone who seeks special privileges doled out by the state. It includes shareholders and workers who demand tariffs to protect their profits and jobs. It includes shareholders and workers who demand subsidies to artificially increase the size of the markets for their outputs. It includes labor-union bosses and members who demand special privileges from the state. It includes individuals who demand special advantages when seeking admission to school, while in school, and in seeking and maintaining employment.
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