2 Voter ID debate brings to mind an argument Bastiat posed about - TopicsExpress



          

2 Voter ID debate brings to mind an argument Bastiat posed about universal suffrage: Bastiat proposed that if the law were restricted to protecting life, liberty and property; those denied the right to vote wouldn’t necessarily feel deprived. As it is, the law having become a tool of entitlement and plunder, everyone wants a piece of the legislative action to either engage in plunder or protect themselves from it. Bastiat also observed that the ultimate winner of this struggle would not be the most needy, but the most influential and calculating.
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:27:27 +0000

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