Politicians, like the hangman, get rich by selling magic. Unmonitored, the executioner’s rope is limitless—just like the services promised by the politician. He proclaims the money will be used for good works, as the inch of rope may be used for magic, and we must observe that the two are actually one. For what are the good works that politics has ever accomplished with our hard-earned money? They have dispensed some to keep themselves in office but money taken from wage-earners “to do good” must injure first the wage-earner and then the loser in the politician’s choice.
