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Despite (or because of) a free public school system, millions of teenagers enter the work force without marketable skills. So why would anyone expect them to be well paid? ”
The government cannot enforce its mountain of laws and regulations without voluntary compliance. ”
I'm not any kind of social reformer. ”
I suppose I was a little bit of what would be called today a nerd. I didn't have girlfriends, and really I wasn't a very social boy. ”
To his credit, Obama didn't just come to Washington to be someone. Like Reagan, he came to Washington to do something - to introduce a powerful social democratic stream into America's deeply and historically individualist polity. ”
Obama is a leveler. He has come to narrow the divide between rich and poor. For him the ultimate social value is fairness. Imposing it upon the American social order is his mission. ”
Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success. ”
As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it. ”
Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also. ”
I don't like a lot of social programs either because it makes you non-productive. ”