It is amazing how many people seem to think that the government exists to turn their prejudices into law.
Thomas SowellOne of the most basic and pervasive social processes is the sorting and labeling of things, activities, and people... Sorting and labeling processes involve a trade-off of costs and benefits. In general, the more finely the sorting is done, the greater the benefits - and the costs... Sorting and labeling, whether of people or of things, is a sorting and labeling of probabilities rather than of certainties.
Thomas SowellWhat is called 'capitalism' might more accurately be called consumerism. It is the consumers who call the tune, and those capitalists who want to remain capitalists have to learn to dance to it.
Thomas SowellBeing willing to donate the taxpayers' money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is.
Thomas Sowell