Why is it a tautology? So you disagree, for example, with Thomas Frank, who argues that may voters do not vote in their self interest?
David Shemano -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of raghu Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 7:25 AM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Wisconsin On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 5:42 PM, David Shemano <[email protected]> wrote: > Raghu writes: > > "When asked to choose between two sides one representing public > > unions and the other representing corporate interests, the people of > > Wisconsin chose the corporate interests." > > Why do you says they chose "corporate interests" instead of their own > self-interests? As Mr. Rhone stated, I assume most people who voted for > Walker saw themselves as part of the "tax-paying" class as opposed to the > "tax-receiving" class, at least with respect to government employee benefits, > so Walker's actions aligned with their self-interest. > Saying that voters choose their self-interest is a meaningless tautology. -raghu. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
