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Government aid impedes success and creates dependence, while entrepreneurs create success and independence.

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Cal Thomas
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 2
Columnist
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Washington
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John Calvin Thomas
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Islam is a religion in which God requires you to send your son to die for him. Christianity is a faith in which God sends His son to die for you.
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