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In reply to the discussion: You Go, JK! "I didn't build this on my own." [View all]jsmirman
(4,507 posts)her story is such a perfect example of how a society that believes in at least a level of responsibility to one's fellow men and women expands its pool of potential innovators - at that point, it's just simple statistics to see how that benefits a society.
The idea of restricting the hopes of a nation to that nonsensical restricted Olympus of "the job creators" is either a transparent money grab by the rich or the height of irresponsible stupidity.
As to the books, as a writer, I found that there was always that question as to just *how great* she was as an author. Her crowd-pleasing chops were without question, and I was surely within that crowd. But the seventh book answered all questions as to the extent of her talent. She closed the show in style, reaching an entirely new level at the close.