Politicians take people’s money with a promise to fulfill desires that supposedly can’t be attained any other way. Prostitutes do the same, though by reputation, they are more reliable in delivering. It’s not surprising for people in the same line of work to gravitate toward one another, as Eliot Spitzer and a woman named Kristen reportedly did in a Washington hotel room.
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March 13th, 2008 · 7 Comments
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1 Politicians and Prostitutes: Same Line of Work? | Economist Blog // Mar 13, 2008 at 4:17 pm
[...] (Via: Tim Worsall) [...]
2 Gus Abraham // Mar 13, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Tim - can you respond on CiF please?
Your fishing examples bogus. is that the best you can do?
3 AntiCitizenOne // Mar 13, 2008 at 6:49 pm
I wasn’t aware that hookers threatened to kidnap you if you didn’t give them money with no promise of anything in return!
Governments on the other hand do.
In fact socialist governments extort money from people and use it to harm the people who pay most.
4 chris strange // Mar 13, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I suspect that this woman named Kristen has done more for human happiness in her career than Spitzer ever achieved.
5 john cramer // Mar 13, 2008 at 11:22 pm
My , my - the envy of the lower classes.
Kristen for president.
6 David Gillies // Mar 13, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Chris, by helping to bring down the appalling Spitzer she’s certainly made everyone in the New York financial industry a lot happier.
7 Serf // Mar 14, 2008 at 10:04 am
There is a difference:
Politicians: You pay them for the priviledge of them screwing you.
Hookers: You pay them for the priviledge of you screwing them.
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