Follow The Leader
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. ( Anonymous ) What is happening right now in the United States? What has happened to the gap between wealthy and poor over the past 50 years? How have the population percentage shares of those two groups changed? What has happened to fiscal regulation in the U.S. over the past 20 years? What is happening with taxpayer money right now? Where is it going? Who is getting it? The quote mentioned is often paired with the following: Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundanc...