Mises Daily
Author:
Stephen Mauzy
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What strain of person derives profit — monetary or psychic — from elected office? Mostly the strain of person I strive to avoid: the nosy neighbor too quick to comment on your daughter’s comings and goings; the junior-college erudite miffed by the world’s reluctance to embrace his brilliance; the sentimental Luddite who believes yesterday is