Thomas Sowell Quote

What the welfare system and other kinds of governmental programs are doing is paying people to fail. In so far as they fail, they receive the money; in so far as they succeed, even to a moderate extent, the money is taken away.

During a discussion in Milton Friedman's "Free to Choose" television series in 1980.

What the welfare system and other kinds of governmental programs are doing is paying people to fail. In so far as they fail, they receive the money;...

What the welfare system and other kinds of governmental programs are doing is paying people to fail. In so far as they fail, they receive the money;...

What the welfare system and other kinds of governmental programs are doing is paying people to fail. In so far as they fail, they receive the money;...

What the welfare system and other kinds of governmental programs are doing is paying people to fail. In so far as they fail, they receive the money;...