Capitalist Vision

Quotes and insights from Thomas Sowell and other economists. Clear thinking on economics, liberty, and real-world trade-offs.

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@EthanforMD Dishonest or ignorant politicians use the word "cut" differently from ordinary people. Medicaid and food assistance spending would still increase in absolute terms.

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"While to the Nazi the communist, and to the communist the Nazi, and to both the socialist, are potential recruits who are made of the right timber...they both know that there can be no compromise between them and those who really believe in individual freedom."~Hayek

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@harveyjkaye I guess it's now OK for the left to encourage Nazis.

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@malcolm_reavell No one thinks the theory causes inflation. They think the policies it recommends do.

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@tonyannett Will this be like the New Deal work-relief programs that favored Democrats in hiring?

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@TinaSmithMN Your support for a Nazi and rape apologist tells us that you are a danger to democracy.

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@tonywestonuk No, MMT is criticized because economists view it as theoretically weak, overly dismissive of inflation risks, and often tied to large left-wing spending programs that reduce economic growth.

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@ACP_FL Careful, comrade. Don’t work too hard. You might embarrass your fellow comrades, and then they’ll have to punish you for exceeding the plan.

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@davidsirota @RoKhanna Ro does a quick pivot and is no longer offended by Nazis.

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@WorkingFamilies That’s a funny way of saying, “I’m an envious leech who doesn’t understand mutually beneficial voluntary exchange.”

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@AustinDyches You criticize Trump for having an enemies list but then indicate your own enemies. Is this how you are going to bring dignity to the American people?

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"We must hate - hatred is the basis for communism...Children must be taught to hate their parents if they are not communists."~Lenin

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@khrachvik @jackvlloyd Fidel Castro spent decades proving socialism couldn't keep an economy running. Then, at his funeral, socialism couldn't even keep the hearse running.

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Bernie Sanders' logic taken to its logical extreme: All businesses use public roads that were created by all of us. Therefore, at any time the Priesthood of Class Warfare decides, it can appropriate any business's property.

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@AbdulElSayed You know what would help young people get jobs? Eliminating the government school monopoly and teachers' unions that you are so beholden to because they find your campaign.

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@JohnRad15 You are wrong! The CPI is biased upwards. Although the BLS attempts to correct for these factors, they conclude that bias still exists and that they are facing new challenges. Moreover, the bias corrections are not retrospective. https://t.co/0dAnbrdFUA

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@AbdulElSayed Your campaign in one word: Victimhood. You anointed yourself the Pope of the Church of Class Warfare.

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