> "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." I don't think the issue here is that he doesn't

> "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." I don't think the issue here is that he doesn't understand. I think the issue is he's lying. He's almost certainly starting with the policy that he wants for his own self-interest, then working backwards from that to come up with BS arguments for it that sound good. He's not an idiot so almost certainly knows full well what he's doing.