One of the consequences of such notions as ‘entitlements’ is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them somethin… - Thomas Sowell

"If facts, logic, and scientific procedures are all just arbitrarily "socially constructed" notions, then all that is left is consensus — more specifically peer consensus, the kind of consensus that matters to adolescents or to many among the intelligentsia."

In short, honesty is more than a moral principle. It is also a major economic factor. While government can do little to create honesty directly, in various ways it can indirectly either support or undermine the traditions on which honest conduct is based. This it can do by what it teaches in its schools, by the examples set by public officials, or by the laws that it passes. These laws can create incentives toward either moral or immoral conduct. Where laws create a situation in which the only way to avoid ruinous losses is by violating the law, the government is in effect reducing public respect for laws in general, as well as rewarding specific dishonest behavior.

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth — anonymously and posthumously.