Thursday, October 27, 2005
Rosa Parks fought the government
Thomas Sowell points out that, in refusing to go to the back of the bus, Rosa Parks was not fighting discrimination by a private transit company. She fought government-enforced discrimination. The transit companies, said Sowell, actively opposed discrimination laws because they were afraid they would lose black customers.
"Black people's money was just as good as white people's money," says Sowell, "even though that was not the case when it came to votes."
Today many people expect government to solve their problems for them. Yet a close look reveals that most of those problems are actually caused by government. Rosa Parks and her Birmingham supporters may have been lucky that they had a private transit agency. A publicly owned agency such as the ones we have now would probably have responded to the bus boycott by simply raising taxes.
"Black people's money was just as good as white people's money," says Sowell, "even though that was not the case when it came to votes."
Today many people expect government to solve their problems for them. Yet a close look reveals that most of those problems are actually caused by government. Rosa Parks and her Birmingham supporters may have been lucky that they had a private transit agency. A publicly owned agency such as the ones we have now would probably have responded to the bus boycott by simply raising taxes.
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Rosa Parks was not fighting against public transportation but racism of a bus line. There's a difference because Rosa Parks continued to take public transportation after segregation ended.
If it were not for public transportatino, Rosa Parks would have had to walk because the poor in that community could not afford motor transport.
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If it were not for public transportatino, Rosa Parks would have had to walk because the poor in that community could not afford motor transport.
