Thwarting efficient democracy

08/27/2004 Mises Wire William Carden

Karen DeCoster blogs about this article at LRC. Post-contractual opportunism may rear its ugly head, but it would be nice to see candidates campaign with their money instead of their mouths. Living in a key “battleground” state like Missouri, I might be able to reap quite handsomely...hmmm...

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