Cal Thomas: Why do liberals fear success?

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There are many successful liberals, so why do so many of them wish to subsidize failure for the poor, instead of showing them how to succeed?

Take Dr. Ben Carson, as one example. Carson, the renowned neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, is enjoying a certain amount of celebrity unrelated to his profession for speaking his mind about how individuals and the nation might succeed if more Americans were less dependent on government.

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