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The idealism of the left is a very selfish idealism. In their war against 'the rich' and big business, they don't care how much collateral damage there is to workers who end up end up unemployed.
Thomas Sowell
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Thomas Sowell
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 30
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