Sowell on 'giving back' from Cafe Hayek
Roberts comments remind me that all to often we view or are told things completely out of context. To play by my own desired rules, the context in which I view these statements relate to local political issues - of which I've suddenly become interested. We hear statements about our emotive state instead of the reality with which we are surrounded. Statements usually start out with, don't we want?... or it follows that... When looking at the context of the arguments made, we might not agree so readily with the speakers arguments.
Anyway, Sowell nails it: we give back to society. We can't give back to people from whom we haven't taken a damn thing. (And we ought not be treated like we have by our friends on the neo-socialist right.)
Roberts comments remind me that all to often we view or are told things completely out of context. To play by my own desired rules, the context in which I view these statements relate to local political issues - of which I've suddenly become interested. We hear statements about our emotive state instead of the reality with which we are surrounded. Statements usually start out with, don't we want?... or it follows that... When looking at the context of the arguments made, we might not agree so readily with the speakers arguments.
Anyway, Sowell nails it: we give back to society. We can't give back to people from whom we haven't taken a damn thing. (And we ought not be treated like we have by our friends on the neo-socialist right.)
