As H.L. Mencken so wonderfully put it, "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard."
Politicians do what they do because they are granted access by voters.
As for the bailouts specifically, I'm having an interesting discussion on this very topic here (http://selfishgene.livejournal.com/57346.html?thread=153602#t153602).
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Politicians do what they do because they are granted access by voters.
As for the bailouts specifically, I'm having an interesting discussion on this very topic here (http://selfishgene.livejournal.com/57346.html?thread=153602#t153602).