Thomas Sowell's Blog, page 5

The old aren't really smarter than the young in terms of sheer brainpower. It's just that we've already made the kinds of mistakes that the young are about to make and we've already suffered the consequences the young are going to suffer if they disregard

The old aren't really smarter than the young in terms of sheer brainpower. It's just that we've already made the kinds of mistakes that the young are about to make and we've already suffered the consequences the young are going to suffer if they disregard the record of the past.

RT by @ThomasSowell: "People say 'you’re a very tough person.' I’m not tough. Life is tough. I’m merely trying to acquaint you with those facts.’”—@ThomasSowell https://twitter.com/ThomasSowell/stat...#WeveGotACountryToSave

"People say 'you’re a very tough person.' I’m not tough. Life is tough. I’m merely trying to acquaint you with those facts.’”
—@ThomasSowell

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#WeveGotACountryToSave

There are three questions that would destroy most of the arguments on the left:1. Compared to what?2. At what cost?3. What hard evidence do you have?There are very few ideas on the left that can pass all three of those kinds of things.

There are three questions that would destroy most of the arguments on the left:

1. Compared to what?
2. At what cost?
3. What hard evidence do you have?

There are very few ideas on the left that can pass all three of those kinds of things.

Why have a national debt ceiling if it doesn't really put a ceiling on the national debt?

Why have a national debt ceiling if it doesn't really put a ceiling on the national debt?

R to @ThomasSowell: What the national debt ceiling does is allow Democrats to gain votes by spending the government's money — and then force Republicans to share responsibility for raising the national debt ceiling, under threat of being blamed for shuttin

What the national debt ceiling does is allow Democrats to gain votes by spending the government's money — and then force Republicans to share responsibility for raising the national debt ceiling, under threat of being blamed for shutting down the government if they don't.

One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people's motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans—anything except reason.

One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people's motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans—anything except reason.

If you put $1,000 in your piggy bank in 1960 and took it out to spend in 2000, you would discover that your money had, over time, lost 80 percent of its value.

If you put $1,000 in your piggy bank in 1960 and took it out to spend in 2000, you would discover that your money had, over time, lost 80 percent of its value.

R to @ThomasSowell: mercurynews.com/2012/12/13/t…

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History shows that degeneracy can be turned around because it has been done in the past. But the real question today is: Will we turn it around—or is what we are doing likely to make matters worse?

History shows that degeneracy can be turned around because it has been done in the past. But the real question today is: Will we turn it around—or is what we are doing likely to make matters worse?

R to @ThomasSowell: Few guys from my old neighborhood were likely to end up as violinists or ballet dancers, simply because that was not what they were interested in.

Few guys from my old neighborhood were likely to end up as violinists or ballet dancers, simply because that was not what they were interested in.