Tag Archives: Poverty

Thought For the Day: Capitalism Has Been the Most Effective Way To Eliminate Poverty In History

Socialists like to blame every inequity, the actions of every greedy criminal, every downturn and every social ill on the injustice of capitalism. But none of them admit that capitalism has been the most effective way to eliminate poverty in … Continue reading

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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 13: In A New Day’s Saying

The Na/GloPoWriMo Day 13 challenge is to stand clichés on their heads and still make poetry out of the mess.   In A New Day’s Saying by Michael Romani Like an old man in the well conformed barrens He was beginning … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Redistribution of Wealth Makes A Nation Poorer

“…(R)eshuffling wealth by programs of tax and subsidy merely enriches some at the expense of others; the nation as a whole becomes poorer.  Private enterprise capitalism is, in fact, the answer for anyone who really does have a preferential option … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Wealth, Poverty & Reason

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason. -Henry Fielding, author (21 Apr 1707-1754) The author of Tom Jones is also credited as being the jurist who founded one of first police forces.   Many of his major literary … Continue reading

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