SamuelRSmith on 29 January 2010
| NJ5 said: Well if I've learned anything about politicians is that the short term is always more important. Probably because most of the electorate is too short-sighted to vote for politicians who promise to fix the long-term problems at the cost of short-term pain. |
Well, to be fair, it is just human nature. We always put short-term benefits ahead of long-term costs. Hence drug/alcohol abuse, obesity, unwanted pregnancies, etc, and why things like why we refuse to make sacrifices to curb oil depletion, etc.*
* by "we" I imply humanity, not specific people.
