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<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ceu-53RJIupqePztUtLiY-hGUL0Tr6vsdlKFFbeOl71X runH74XCjtyD9Hd3T5OL6ePUD4Z9L5vyyuqcEle3eXctT7MrlxOmHLIT1fdqh3fJFRLr83GEH17e Sr_m6Luh> January 13, 2014 A Cry for Justice Is taking bread from the mouths of those who labor to feed the appetites of able-bodied adults who decline to work your idea of economic justice? Or of injustice? A recent Cato Institute study <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ceu-53RJIupxUJuPiI1bg3-yGfSesFHDtiFlhz2Lgx7i FF1es8pGBg87iFL8DeSbXL4Bos9xrjFLHhhRTQwtgTTd8kvsFhnz5HbWgPGIegvIom9fmw4nM06A 677yqUzBiSa2InmV-VnYXe2hvyOG9Eb7743_hn6jEGkKJPd8dQ_XmuwC0Pwjy3oxgNg-NhHN> by Michael Tanner and Charles Hughes found that welfare benefits exceed the minimum wage for workers in 35 states. In 15 states, welfare benefits top $31,200 annually - equivalent to the $15 an hour minimum wage that SEIU and other unions are promoting for fast-food workers. <http://thisiscommonsense.com/images/scalesjustice.png> In short, at the lowest rungs of the economy, one can make more money not working. The Washington Post's Charles Lane advances another aspect of economic justice in a recent column <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ceu-53RJIuplEbAeorUiSjRo0QZYbSv-VRYfmz82NA3f D_eTqOV0HZCxhVdm0v03vdpOIuFZUxwMsxhk2Bsg8d6rnuHRtMGECF8KbuQqBEuR3ibxBMsted7c 7NP8aR-OURrJUAe030_pfmQYITAAfcGH5LNZ2M3LdxKMycIktjm8dC8gBbnCyxpzEV6fAmLBxcyF -GN6NUPwnYf-j_EZ6kuv0Tlzwda1aEVZQqxIhwd1OvR3qJe_zF0mb3btVXzQ-25lpRuzKc4_zfag Av-7-FDu0_nYhjrVnAnJPL96Aak=> suggesting that while some wealth is merited, the bulk of the wealth swirling about in the nation's capital is not earned, but wrested from a system where insider politics meets crony capitalism. And Lane notes that "too many of our public institutions - from Congress to big-city school systems - have been captured by rent-seeking interest groups," warning broadly that, "Various societies have grown free and prosperous by many different methods; dividing up existing wealth according to political connections is not one of them." Yesterday at Townhall <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ceu-53RJIuq9bnuWhOSuXHFe-BOgTPT0WYBUq-nFvji1 xSHcMpcfDa96fQy4NFoVh7mbPhpQgOqM5wYu2B8CSBIvzldh6nYl_-RaOsyAq3D15tS77vBvwYja XWpiMI-FfdHGm--_fNI2vzyB3xgSyn7EZB4boYt6e_UTxE5DjjsLccx-1nKPuAQwLYXCK0pbSYDh OXqIbPM=> , I embraced the idea of economic justice, calling for a healthy dose of it, namely: 1. Stop making welfare pay better than work; 2. End government subsidies to cronies, farmers, everyone; 3. Let people create new businesses by ending licensing laws and regulations that serve only to block needed competition. That's economic justice. Not futzing about trying to make us "equal," but making the basic rules equitable. This is Common Sense. I'm Paul Jacob. Comment on this episode <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ceu-53RJIuq9pGSHpx2J_DDxiuKk9aEItVQVaAU4Sp5m rNAkI2bovgqekjCx3WlS1TI76nenEfwhtoiHVnyuJqBGu4nLFH4nu9R8STLD1UggBwRvJ5H-C8ET vvQmfxL3hL-f47BOoxY=> | View/Print the PDF <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ceu-53RJIur-FP3qYoTa20aoFdbgmBGFPvYAo7VUmJfj BUKAFTvl8pl9Ow8IAolZHGfvQAOMJzYLpin9Q_8ZLmR4BneUEUD_0cnfRP-wjELeht6-XuaohzNv ke64IC95LNzLJu95ZFRLSy1C4L83Aw==> Today On January 13, 1924, philosopher of science Paul Feyerabend was born. 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