How Politics Is Like a Nigerian Email Scam

Donald Boudreaux nails it:

The typical politician seeks the confidence of many strangers in order to secure their votes so that that politician wins power and office. The typical politician seeks this confidence by promising the strangers something for nothing – manna from the capital city or from City Hall – if only the strangers will put their trust in him or her. He wins, they lose.

Read the full thing at FEE.org.