legal vote buying

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I think many have said this, I chose the following version attributed to Benjamin Franklin: When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic. I know a lot of people scoff at that idea.

It is true that almost all of us would view with contempt the idea that the government should send each of us $10,000 ever year. McGovern actually offered a variation of that in 72 and he got crushed.

However, a small fig leaf is sufficient.

Many of those same people will view it as quite appropriate that they should give the government a few hundred in payments and then get back $10,000 a year in medical insurance in return.
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