Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Marcos Giansante
“Public policies are rarely judged by the effects they produce. They are far more often evaluated by the intentions they declare. In The Vision of the Anointed, Thomas Sowell identifies this habit, not as a mere analytical error, but as a moral failure. Intentions have no causal power, results do. This distinction offers a precise lens for understanding contemporary fiscal policy when taxation is presented as social action. Taxes are seldom described as extraction; they are framed as instruments of justice, care, and/or inclusion. Language shifts attention from effects to purposes; cost fades; intention becomes an alibi.” (01/22/26)
https://mises.org/power-market/why-good-intentions-are-not-enough