Tag: Arthur C. Brooks

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money

Arthur C. Brooks | money

There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you save your money but retire with the same pension as a free-spending neighbor, that is also unfair.

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happiness

Arthur C. Brooks | happiness

The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person’s belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others.

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government

Arthur C. Brooks | government

There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you save your money but retire with the same pension as a free-spending neighbor, that is also unfair.

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failure

Arthur C. Brooks | failure

The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success – or failure.

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equality

Arthur C. Brooks | equality

We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of punitive taxes and regulations. The rewards of success will be expropriated for the sake of attaining greater income equality.

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alone

Quote from Arthur C. Brooks | alone

alone

Renewing your driving licence when it expires. No, this is just a diving board above a puddle of water waiting to catch me safely. Predator – random web game.