3/4/12. James Q. Wilson ---- a recent article from an intellectual giant.
"...Making the poor more economically mobile has nothing to do with taxing the rich and everything to do with finding and implementing ways to encourage parental marriage, teach the poor marketable skills and induce them to join the legitimate workforce. It is easy to suppose that raising taxes on the rich would provide more money to help the poor. But the problem facing the poor is not too little money, but too few skills and opportunities to advance themselves..."
http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/poverty/angry-about-inequality-dont-blame-the-rich/
"...Making the poor more economically mobile has nothing to do with taxing the rich and everything to do with finding and implementing ways to encourage parental marriage, teach the poor marketable skills and induce them to join the legitimate workforce. It is easy to suppose that raising taxes on the rich would provide more money to help the poor. But the problem facing the poor is not too little money, but too few skills and opportunities to advance themselves..."
http://www.aei.org/article/society-and-culture/poverty/angry-about-inequality-dont-blame-the-rich/
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