Quotation of the Day
24th February 2016
Don Boudreaux, a Real Economist, is delightfully dyspeptic today.
The successful politician no less than the successful whore adorns himself or herself with whatever costume, no matter how tawdry or embarrassing, is thought to be most alluring to the greatest number of customers. But unlike the successful whore, who gives something of genuine value in return to each and every person who pays for her services, the successful politician gives value only to a small handful of his or her customers, and this politician finances these transactions with funds and freedoms forcibly confiscated from others. In short, when ranking different professions according to the principles held and adhered to by their members, whores rank much, much higher than politicians.