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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"an incredible return on an investment" jon stewart to j. k. rowling
jon is talking with jo about the time she received benefits (welfare), while she was writing "harry potter". he remarks that the govt should look on it as an incredible return on their investment. (around the 2:45 mark in this 5 min interview. (a bit dated, since she was talking about the publication of "casual vacancy"
http://www.upworthy.com/the-1-reason-jk-rowling-wont-move-to-monaco-will-make-you-love-her-even-more?c=upw1
would that governments WOULD see it in those terms. who knows what incredible knowledge, or art, or philosophy, or. . .. might come from someone who is receiving assistance, and what a benefit to all of us, not to mention "an incredible return on the investment"
msongs
(67,199 posts)Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)kcr
(15,300 posts)niyad
(112,435 posts)truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)eqfan592
(5,963 posts)...assistance she received. Your post highlights the lack of understanding that exists even among progressives when it comes to evaluating the value of social welfare programs.
lightcameron
(224 posts)"I cannot criticise my parents for hoping that I would never experience poverty. They had been poor themselves, and I have since been poor, and I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools."
niyad
(112,435 posts)mindset.