Thomas Sowell: a civil Ann Coulter

[hoosier]

Students can graduate from even the most prestigious colleges and universities wholly unaware that there are not simply different opinions about particular issues but a whole comprehensive framework of ideas and analysis through which those issues can be seen in a way that leads to very different conclusions from the ones their professors have taught or insinuated.

One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.

- Thomas Sowell

[a.e.B.O.T.]

a civil Ann Coulter is not an Ann Coulter at all

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by a.e.B.O.T.
a civil Ann Coulter is not an Ann Coulter at all

This is really funny.

[moe.ron]

Does he support domestic terrorism like Ann Coulter?

[Rudey]

Originally posted by moe.ron
Does he support domestic terrorism like Ann Coulter?

Does he lie like moe.ron?

-Rudey

[Lindz928]

Originally posted by hoosier

One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.

But, does anyone just completely disagree with this? I would never say that it goes for ALL people (cause how the Hell do I know), but I personally think that there are DEFINATELY people that this quote discribes perfectly.

[DeltAlum]

Originally posted by Lindz928
But, does anyone just completely disagree with this? I would never say that it goes for ALL people (cause how the Hell do I know), but I personally think that there are DEFINATELY people that this quote discribes perfectly.

You bet there are.

There are also people who, due to no fault of their own, are out of work because of accidents, illness, fate -- whatever.

When I was out of work for over a year after a losing an executive position in a "corporate merger," we managed to squeak by without applying for unemployment or anything else.

Six years later, we are still "catching up" financially.

If it should happen again (and it can to anyone), I'll be filling out unemployment forms the next day.

[hoosier]

Unemployment pay is not actually an entitlement - I think it's funded by taxes (contributions in govt. speak) paid by employers (who actually just deduct it from your paycheck).

There's an elaborate system, in which the employer's tax rate is based on how many and how much their employees have collected in prior years.

Take it - you've contributed your share.