When socialism comes to America, McCain will have wrapped it in a flag and Palin will – with a wink – carry its cross.
Commenter “sixpack” on the ABC News Political Radar website:
When socialism comes to America, McCain will have wrapped it in a flag and Palin will – with a wink – carry its cross.
OK, “sixpack” is mis-paraphrasng a little bit. So sue him.
And no, this isn’t really socialism, just more crony capitalism, taking money from the taxpayers to enrich the big financial institutions.
But it’s the principle that counts.
Author: Mark Kleiman
Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out.
Books:
Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken)
When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist
Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993)
Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989)
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Curriculum Vitae
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