Although the big word on the left is 'compassion,' the big agenda on the left is dependency.
Thomas SowellFreedom... refer[s] to a social relationship among people-namely, the absence of force as a prospective instrument of decision making. Freedom is reduced whenever a decision is made under threat of force, whether or not force actually materializes or is evident in retrospect.
Thomas SowellBalanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets.
Thomas Sowell