Brief
September 13, 2012
Primary tasks
Abstract
A candidate for office effectively divides the population into the "deserving," who should get more benefits or tax cuts (or at least should not pay more taxes or lose benefits), and the "undeserving," who are not carrying their own weight. But he or she doesn't want to put very many people in the latter category, since their votes likely will be lost.
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