Quotation of the Day…

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… is from page 71 of Deirdre McCloskey’s forthcoming book, Equality of Permission:

“Gimme,” says the voter, believing in the promises by socialists or New Liberals that her benefit is easily achieved by a little pillaging of scapegoats – the bourgeoisie or the rich or the Jews or the foreigners. “Let us have more goodies at other people’s expense.”

DBx: Yep. Far too many politicians – left, right, and center – promise to give voters stuff that is asserted to be either free or paid for by other people who don’t deserve to have what the government takes from them.