Why aren't there more rewards for being right?

A Conservative friend of mine has a favorite exasperated phrase for our political class: "There just aren't enough bullets." He doesn't mean it literally. Like me – more or less – he's a peace and love kind of guy. What he's expressing is frustration that the fools in power who make mistakes which impact on all our lives never seem to pay any real price for messing things up.

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