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You have some good points, but I dislike how you say "buy votes". Is it only buying votes when you give money to the poor instead of the rich? And the private
by tormeh 12y ago
You have some good points, but I dislike how you say "buy votes". Is it only buying votes when you give money to the poor instead of the rich?
And the private sector wasn't all that big in the post-world war 2 era. Norway's government spending is now at 40% of GDP and Sweden's at 50%. And they used to be way bigger. And we're not counting cooperatives.
- peterfirefly 12y agoThe poor have more votes and are probably cheaper to buy ;)
- pgeorgi 12y agoBut as can be seen in the US, policies that favor the rich are effect buy-outs of votes, too. Just that they target temporarily embarrassed millionaires (same group, different promise).