There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you save your money but retire with the same pension as a free-spending neighbor, that is also… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
“Liberals are more likely to see people as victims of circumstance and oppression, and doubt whether individuals can climb without governmental help. My own… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of punitive taxes… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
In my book I don't just demonstrate that free enterprise is the most efficient way of organizing an economy - which it is. I… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
The battle is on, and nothing less than the soul of America is at stake. — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure. — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
FDR created today's 30 percent coalition. Obama wants to finish the job by turning it into a permanent ruling majority. There's nothing new about… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
Conservatives are better talking about opportunity and growth in the abstract, while liberals talk more about poor people. Right now we [americans] need a… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
The system that enables the most people to earn the most success is free enterprise, by matching up people's skills, interests, and abilities. In… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
Free enterprise is essentially a formula not just for wealth creation, but for life satisfaction. — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
There's a general intuition around the nonprofit world these days that younger generations are less likely to join. But I have found in my… — Arthur C. Brooks Copy Share Image
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