“The problems of the inner cities, of the riots and so forth, have not been closely correlated with the state of the economy.  We’ve had them when the economy was prosperous and we’ve had them when the economy was in the doldrums.  The state of the economy, in my opinion, is an excuse that is offered for these things, rather than the fundamental reason for it.  Look, how can the state of the economy be the problem…unemployment be the problem, when the immigrants from China, from Korea managed to find jobs, and get work, and get income under these circumstances?  

If you establish a system under which it’s more profitable not to work than to work, then you won’t work.”  _ Milton Friedman 1993