#blink# It's not. "To fool customers you use that trick; to fool voters you use this trick instead." I didn't see it as a comparison on the "these things are cheap and worthless" level. I saw it as a comparison on the "both of these techniques are ways of tricking people" level.
That I might buy too if the quote said "voters" instead of "taxpayers", and "trick" instead of "rob". Taxpayers don't necessarily vote, and tricking people isn't necessarily about taking their money.
In this case, the people questioning people's religious devotion aren't the ones receiving the treasury checks.
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I don't see how is that is anything like "dressing up something that is cheap and worthless to looking desirable".
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In this case, the people questioning people's religious devotion aren't the ones receiving the treasury checks.