Doesn't matter if it undermines the future of your country because fortunately (for you) you'll be long dead before that materializes. So you can borrow against the future to promise people today what they want without having to increase taxes, ensuring you have a good, healthy and profitable political career.
And while you may think things are bad here in the US, just be happy we're not Greece;
"The trick to getting elected is to tell people what they want to hear and then deliver them the goods."
ReplyDeleteThe trick to getting elected is just telling people what they want to hear. Delivering happens later and helps when you want to get re-elected, but I'd guess that telling people enough of what they want to hear will work for you even if you don't actually deliver. Hence the political success of Socialism despite consistent failure to deliver the promised utopia.