One point that I haven’t blogged, but that is worth mentioning here: The government decides to try to increase the middle class by subsidizing things that middle class people have: If middle-class people go to college and own homes, then surely if more people go to college and own homes, we’ll have more middle-class people. But homeownership and college aren’t causes of middle-class status, they’re markers for possessing the kinds of traits — self-discipline, the ability to defer gratification, etc. — that let you enter, and stay, in the middle class. Subsidizing the markers doesn’t produce the traits; if anything, it undermines them.
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Middle Class Markers
The Puppy Blender hits one out of the park.
I am opening to the partnerships, but if there are questions about ownership, who will have to get the postings?
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you realized it but this post and the one above it are very much in the same vein in that we are confusing the symptoms/results with the real problem/trait.
ReplyDeleteMister Deans, perhaps you would like to exchange the linkages with Fluzao?
ReplyDeleteDean, in all seriousness, yes I did notice that.
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