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To: Optimist

Perverse incentives is an economic term, not a sexual one. It is when you pay somebody to do something you don't want him to do. It seems most regulation these days is replete with examples of the government encouraging people to behave badly.


49 posted on 05/05/2005 9:36:25 PM PDT by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: gridlock
Perverse incentives is...

(/sarcasm)

50 posted on 05/05/2005 9:37:31 PM PDT by Optimist (I think I'm beginning to see a pattern here.)
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