This is insidious. I have personally observed people, who were open the libertarian limited government argument, maintain loyalty to mixed-economy statism because they personally benefited, or had a relative who personally benefited from some entitlement program. (E.g., social security disability, special ed, food stamps, Medi-Cal, etc…) This is pre-loaded bribery of potential voters, or the children of illegal immigrants who will be granted citizenship and thus become voters. Maybe we need a category for “bread & circuses.”
This is insidious. I have personally observed people, who were open the libertarian limited government argument, maintain loyalty to mixed-economy statism because they personally benefited, or had a relative who personally benefited from some entitlement program. (E.g., social security disability, special ed, food stamps, Medi-Cal, etc…) This is pre-loaded bribery of potential voters, or the children of illegal immigrants who will be granted citizenship and thus become voters. Maybe we need a category for “bread & circuses.”
When you subsidize something, you get… wait, was that more of that something, or less of it?