James Dale Davidson Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both."

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As a saddened at the knowledge of, but wiser for the dropping out from the Dental medicaid provider program as a general condition of failure of our system of government providing only "bought and paid for votes" in this way IMO, I have finally come to the conclusion that if you give it all away, and become part of the problem, the world loses the icon of success and the very means by which it could be minimally helped to pull itself up by it's own bootstraps, becoming self-supporting and acquiring the skills and pride necessary to keep it so. -- Dr. Tom LaMar, Keeseville, NY
You get more of both and create a situation where those forced to do the subsidizing...give up and join the subsidized. -- J Carlton, Calgary
Best one sentence quote I've seen in many a moon. -- jim k, Austin, Tx
Like firemen fighting a fire with gasoline. -- cal, lewisville, tx
And the proof, is in cities all over our country. lazy good for nothing people, im happy not all are. -- Kimo, H N.
-- Anonymous
We hold this truth to be self evident. History and experience has proven the point over and over again. -- Mike, Norwalk
-- Tom C, St Peters