Thanks to Glenn Reynolds for reminding me of this gem:
Most politicians aren’t voting their conscience. Some of them have been in this business so long I’m convinced they have one. They are voting what’s politically expedient most of the time. If you change what that is, you can change their position.
Milton Friedman looks like a guy that knew what was going on. Why is it that economists and number crunchers seem to have politics nailed so often?
Perhaps it is because money and politics are so closely related…
–Matt