In a message dated 8/27/02 12:19:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< 4. Cognitive limitations: I'm no expert, but my hunch is that many people are only willing to get worked up over a small # of issues - taxes, abortion, immigration, defense... and the dedicated might add their favorites like gun control or affirmative action. Therefore, it's no risk to screw the voter on an issue as long as you don't do it on certain big issues. Therefore it's easy to get a list of dozens of issues and find a descrepancy - what's so puzzling about that? >> I may be mistaken here, but don't public choice economists talk about the concept of "rational ignorance" to explain how small, concentrated groups can gain large focused benefits while spreading the costs in tiny pieces across the broader population? Sincerely, David Levenstam
