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Thomas Sowell: "There is a four-stage pattern that the anointed class use to establish an artificial crisis: 1: Declare a crisis! 2: Come up with a solution! 3: Unintended consequences follow. 4: Blame the unintended consequences on something else. Examples range from unemployment (minimum wages), crime, venereal diseases, and... show more

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