"an incredible return on an investment" jon stewart to j. k. rowling

[niyad]

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&quot

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]

1. oh did she give the welfare money back? otherwise it is NOT a return on investment nt

[Schema Thing]

2. indeed she did, oh Dour One.

[kcr]

3. You're right. She's given absolutely nothing back to the community...

[niyad]

5. you forgot the sarcasm thingy, yes?

[truebluegreen]

8. Do you think she may have paid a little bit in taxes on her earnings?

[eqfan592]

9. It's called taxes on the income she was able to later make because of the...

...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]

4. Great Rowling quote on poverty:

"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]

6. thank you for that quote. wish it could be embedded in what passes for brains amoung a certain

mindset.

[Silent3]

7. +1 n/t