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> What does a Congressman get when he negotiates a lower price, compared to what he gets (from the people he's negotiating with) if he "negotiates" a higher pri
by craftyguy 8y ago
> What does a Congressman get when he negotiates a lower price, compared to what he gets (from the people he's negotiating with) if he "negotiates" a higher price? What about the government bureaucrat who will be working in that industry soon?
Ideally there would be some sort of accountability for elected officials, where they would have to answer to their electorate, and where conflicts of interest would be against the law (and prosecuted), but who am I kidding?
- AnthonyMouse 8y ago> Ideally there would be some sort of accountability for elected officials, where they would have to answer to their electorate, and where conflicts of interest would be against the law (and prosecuted), but who am I kidding? Right, exactly. It's like the claim that Communism would work great once automation eliminates the need for all human labor. It's a nice theory, might even be true, but until we can satisfy the precondition what practical relevance does it have? Go work on the precondition and come back after you accomplish that. In the meantime we need something else.