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To: TimF who wrote (605)	6/9/2005 5:36:09 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541602

His principal point is, "The welfare state and multiculturalism both reduce the incentives of the poor to adopt new ways of life that would help them rise up the economic ladder." I would say to Sowell: Define welfare state in an operational way. Define multiculturalism in an operational way. Define incentives for the poor and prove the causal relationship between your incentives and actual measurable outcomes. Define new ways of life and their causal relationship to the rising up the economic ladder and provide statistical proof. This assertion could be the title of a dissertation that would require a few hundred pages of proof and evidence. As a stand alone statement, however, it's an emotional declaration with no real substance. I could think of 20 followup questions to ask before I would accept that as a valid conclusion. It's no different from those liberal intellectuals he demonizes who cheap-shot the right with grandiose assertions about their motives and actions and their outcomes. No proof, no substance.