Quotulatiousness

October 22, 2017

QotD: Lobbying

Filed under: Government, Politics, Quotations — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 01:00

Lobbying works, and here’s why. No senior public official could want to retire on a state pension, however large, when he can have more millions by playing the game well. Look at the “before” and “after” accounts of almost any prominent politician. He goes into office very charming, and comes out very rich. It is a far more lucrative trade than anything in business or finance — even in such specialized forms as bank robbery. Better, by modern methods of mutual back-scratching, for there is much less legal risk.

David Warren, “Latest from the death cult”, Essays in Idleness, 2015-12-01.

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