I hear politicians speechifying about the "Carrot and stick" way of getting people to do stuff by the reward-punishment system.
They're wrong. The original phrase is "carrot on a stick" illustrated here:
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They dangle the prize in front of your nose, and the closer you get to it, the farther away it gets - this is how they get the sheeple to do their bidding until they drop from exhaustion. (or let themselves be taxed into slavery.)
Heil Uncle Sugardaddy!
Sigh, Rich