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<blockquote data-quote="HMFIC" data-source="post: 1589903" data-attributes="member: 7539"><p>While there may be legitimate philisophical arguments over this issue, I believe at this point vote might come down to just how many voices there are who are fed up with tax, debt, etc... vs. how many are actually on these programs. We might be seeing the reality of this statement:</p><p></p><p><em>"Two centuries ago, a somewhat obscure Scotsman named Tytler made this profound observation: “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy." - Elmer T. Peterson</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HMFIC, post: 1589903, member: 7539"] While there may be legitimate philisophical arguments over this issue, I believe at this point vote might come down to just how many voices there are who are fed up with tax, debt, etc... vs. how many are actually on these programs. We might be seeing the reality of this statement: [I]"Two centuries ago, a somewhat obscure Scotsman named Tytler made this profound observation: “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy." - Elmer T. Peterson[/I] [/QUOTE]
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