Election economics risks turning policy into vote buying | The Jerusalem Post
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Back in the Great Depression era of the 1920s in the United States, the Republican Party campaigned on assuring voters of a “chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.” The longstanding cynical political ploy of promising constituents just about anything…
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Back in the Great Depression era of the 1920s in the United States, the Republican Party campaigned on assuring voters of a “chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.” The longstanding cynical political ploy of promising constituents just about anything…
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