Having spent years ruining the housing markets with their interference, leading to a housing meltdown that has taken the whole economy down… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
People used to complain about 'the idle rich.' But the idle rich did not do the kind of harm being done by… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Virtually everything that the government does costs more than when the same thing is done in private industry - whether it is… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If politicians were serious about day care for children, instead of just sloganizing about it, nothing they could do would improve the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The poor are the very lifeblood of the left, attracting activists, supporting among the intelligentsia, and - perhaps most important - allowing… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
People who believe in 'universal health care' show remarkably little interest - usually none - in finding out what that phrase turns… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The government does not have some magic wand that can 'bring down the cost of health care.' It can buy a smaller… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The idealism of the left is a very selfish idealism. In their war against 'the rich' and big business, they don't care… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The political mirage of something for nothing, from leaders who 'care,' has ruined many a nation. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
One of the biggest reasons for higher medical costs is that somebody else is paying those costs, whether an insurance company or… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
What does calling this medical care legislation "historic" mean? It means that previous administrations gave up the idea when it became clear… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Cheap medical care is one of the most expensive things there is. So long as politicians can create the illusion of something… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
However little president Obama knows or cares about economics, he knows a lot about politics - and especially political rhetoric. 'High-speed rail'… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
After political crusades for 'affordable housing' ended up ruining the housing market and much of the economy with it, many of the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
It is truly a triumph of rhetoric over reality when people can believe that going into politics is 'public service,' but that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
There is no bigger waste of time than doing 90% of what is necessary. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“In 1962, Democratic President John F. Kennedy, like both Democratic and Republican Presidents and Secretaries of the Treasury in earlier years, pointed out that “it… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Ideological bigotry has become the norm on even our most prestigious campuses, where students can go for years without reading or hearing anything that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Bailing out people who made ill-advised mortgages makes no more sense that bailing out people who lost their life savings in Las Vegas casinos. — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“One third of all Scots in the mid-nineteenth century moved from one county to another” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The difference is that we have the hardest and most painful evidence that there was a Holocaust. But, for the global warming scenario that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Just as price fluctuations allocate scarce resources which have alternative uses, price controls which limit those fluctuations reduce the incentives for individuals to limit… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The greatest danger to the liberal vision are facts about the consequences of liberalism itself and the laws, policies, and ways of life that… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Having spent years ruining the housing markets with their interference, leading to a housing meltdown that has taken the whole economy down with it,… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Do all children have some inherent right to live in America if they have done nothing wrong? If not, then why should the children… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
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