Dedicated to the proposition that bribe-'em-with-their-own-money politics is the root of all that ails us. That BEWTOMP arises from a structural design-flaw in our institutions. And that we can fix it. Read on.
Sunday 27 February 2011
Engineering Liberty
BEWTOMP. Bribe-'em-with-their-own-money politics. That's the fundamental problem of democracy. Legislators bribe electors with their own money, and electors vote themselves state handouts. Fix it this way: treat it as a design flaw in the institutional structure. Remove the motive for the standard corrupt bargain between politician and voter.
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