Fine, take the TV and the Laptop, but you are missing my question, who will you vote?
In fact I repeated the question twice. Lukhman. > > Just for a moment we imagine we have two candidates - > > > > one candidate promises free TVs, laptop for 10K, > > million ITES jobs in rural areas, etc. > > > > Another candidate promises good governance, and only that. > > > > If you are a farmer with a Masters Degree in Farming who will you vote? > > > > If you are a worker in a factory aged 22, who cant read or write, who will > > you vote? > > > Lukhman, it is rational for both people (and any of us) to take the free TV > and the cheap laptop. (Mine has started making a whistling noise and I do > need a new one.) That promise is far more credible than the other one, as > things stand. Also, I'd probably take a concentrated benefit that comes > straight to me over a diffused one that is probably chimerical anyway. > > Some voters might choose to be more idealistic, but I don't imagine > education will have anything to do with that. > > > -- > Amit Varma > http://www.indiauncut.com >
