Thought for the Day – 31 January 2015

From Charlie Pierce, “Jim Webb and the Merits of Being Half-Right”:

Sooner or later, it’s up to the voters to decide to stop being stupid about their own self-interest, and to stop falling for scams about how the Poors and Browns are the ones stealing all their money.

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