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Nasty Eric Bahrt again from yesterday’s The Nation and my response in today’s paper.

 

 

 

No shock that people are willing to sell votes 

 

Re: “64.6 per cent would sell their vote? That’s hip”, Opinion, November 22.

 

 

Vote for me and I’ll cut your taxes. Vote for me and I’ll get you a better job. Vote for me and I’ll do this or I’ll do that for you. Then after they get elected politicians forget about their promises, which they probably never intended to keep anyway. 

 

So, since politicians regard voters as being nothing but prostitutes

anyway, shouldn’t we insist on being paid in advance? 

 

Eric Bahrt 

Pattaya

 

 

 

Re:  No shock that people are willing to sell votes, Letters, November 24.

 

 

 

Populist policies handed out by the government have proved popular with the poor during past administrations.  The 30 Baht Health Scheme, One Million Cows and educational scholarships come to mind.  This election campaign has seen promises of biblical proportions that cannot possible come to fruition.

 

Eric Bahrt’s example of lower taxes is not one of them as published reports indicate only about 5% of the voters actually pay their taxes.  Calling the voters “prostitutes” and asking that they be paid up front is also in bad taste. 

 

It is my understanding that the client rarely pays up front.  It only becomes an issue when the prostitute doesn’t trust the client.

 

 

 

David Barkdull

 

 

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