A great column on aid to Africa by Thomas Sowell. Some people will read this and see that he thinks sending more money to Africa is bad, and immediately think he's a bigot who couldn't care less about the poor. On the contrary, Sowell, unlike his liberal counterparts, can read a history book and realize that not one single time that tons of free money and other aid has been sent to a poor country has that country pulled itself out of poverty... Hat is, except in the rare cases where that country subsequently embraced a free market economy.
Every succesful economy in the long-term was a free market economy. Even China had to go free market with a bunch of industries before they were able to become the powerhouse they are today. When will the left learn to read a history book and see that their policies help no one and hurt most everyone invovled? They are like little kids who want immediate gratification. Fixing an economy and bringing people out of poverty is possible, but not if you think sending a few billion dollars will fix everything.
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You know, Ben, your posts would be more effective if they weren't so influenced by your assumed dissent of those holding an opposing opinion.
Oh, and you're a meanie for not talking to me on the phone.
"assumed dissent of those holding an opposing opinion."
Aren't people of an opposing opinion dissenting by definition? Otherwise it wouldn't be an opposing opinion.
Sorry about the phone, hope the Navy is treating you well.
Blogging isn't really about effective arguing, methinks. It's about acting superior to everyone else.
Ben, you know what she's saying!!! Stop injecting things about the left and liberals in so many posts. You could be very persuasive, but the liberal putdowns make you sound argumentative and juvenile instead. Even if you are right.
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