On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Chris Frandsen<[email protected]> wrote: > Most of the politicians that I have > personally met are not 'self-serving" , rather they are making a great > effort to serve.
And they are good at tricking the naive into thinking that they are behaving altruistically... > We live in a constitutional republic which allows > us to vote for representatives at every level of government and have given > those representatives the right through the constitution and the courts to > tax us to maintain the societal infrastructure required to support a > civilized way of life. This is not "taking your money by force". ...while they take their money and give it to those who are best at bribing them. Which is perhaps the biggest difference between politicians and market participants. The politicians have better PR! They persuade you to feel like you have a choice with them, and no choice with the markets, when the reality is precisely the opposite. _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
