Unfortunately, by the time for re-election (or not) comes, the muggings will be the norm and the low information voter will have forgoten that the results of (last) election were the cause of the problem. They will vote the pol with the open purse right back in,
You can never be too cynical when it comes to stupid voters and greedy politicians.
When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.Kipling
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Heading said: "Stick to the Devil you know."
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In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."