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Old 10-27-2005, 10:28 AM
SheetWise SheetWise is offline
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Default Free Market has no Intent

An interesting background piece.

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The death of Rosa Parks has reminded us of her place in history, as the black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, in accordance with the Jim Crow laws of Alabama, became the spark that ignited the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

Most people do not know the rest of the story, however ...

Far from existing from time immemorial, as many have assumed, racially segregated seating in public transportation began in the South in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Those who see government as the solution to social problems may be surprised to learn that it was government which created this problem.

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Old 10-27-2005, 10:57 AM
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Good article. Sowell has some very good ideas(not all of them are, though). I especially liked this:

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People who decry the fact that businesses are in business "just to make money" seldom understand the implications of what they are saying. You make money by doing what other people want, not what you want.

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