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**Eh085zE7** · 02-14-2011, 05:25 PM

Because then they would have to admit that Bush was no more fiscally responsible in his time than Obama is now.

And the real truth of the matter is that neither party has anything about fiscal discipline to be proud of these last few administrations.
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 the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over lousy fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.
Alexander Fraser Tyler, Cycle Of Democracy (1770) (alleged) Yea, except in this case, it was the politicians that went and did it, didn't they?

So when do WE start demonstrating in the streets? (Just kidding, things haven't got bad enough just yet - give them time).

02-14-2011, 05:25 PM	#30
Eh085zE7 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 416 Senior Member	Because then they would have to admit that Bush was no more fiscally responsible in his time than Obama is now. And the real truth of the matter is that neither party has anything about fiscal discipline to be proud of these last few administrations. 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 the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over lousy fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. Alexander Fraser Tyler, Cycle Of Democracy (1770) (alleged) Yea, except in this case, it was the politicians that went and did it, didn't they? So when do WE start demonstrating in the streets? (Just kidding, things haven't got bad enough just yet - give them time).
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