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Voting themselves largesse from the public treasury - RF Cafe Forums
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Kirt Blattenberger
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Post subject: Voting themselves largesse from the public treasury
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:31 pm
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Joined: Sun Aug 03, 2003 2:02 pm Posts: 878
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Greetings: Does this familiar quote aptly describe the current state of many
EC countries, with the U.S. following closely in their footsteps?
"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. The average
age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.
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 abundance to selfishness, from selfishness
to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence
back again to bondage."
-- Alexander TytlerCorrupt, selfish politicians
exploit the laziness of a large percentage of the population by promising them an ever-increasing
amount of the fruits of other people's labor. Those lazy people then vote to keep the
politicians in office, and to increase those like him/her. Who can watch the
looting, pillaging, and plunder in the recent London riots, while spineless authorities
do nothing, and not conclude that the system has been totally broken by failed theories
on social behavior and personal responsibility. If you have a problem, it's somebody
else's fault. The community organizers - now with worldwide central planning - go in
and foment the unrest. How could the British Empire have reduced itself to this? How
can America follow?
_________________ - Kirt Blattenberger
RF Cafe Progenitor & Webmaster
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Ralph Zappa
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Post subject: Re: Voting themselves largesse from the public treasury
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:23 pm
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Joined: Sat Aug 30, 2003 6:43 pm Posts: 28
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Hello Kirt, it has been a while. You struck a nerve with me on the London rioting and
the self-destruction of England. My family dates back here to the beginning of recorded
history and I have to say that I am utterly dismayed at the current state of affairs.
It is truly shameful and depressing.
Britain is not without its faults throughout
history, but I do not believe that the level of self-flagellation we seem to be engaging
in is due penance for past sins. Indeed, the rest of the world is not without its faults
- even horrendous acts of humanity against humanity. We have no special debt to pay.
For the life of me (perhaps literally the way things are going) I cannot comprehend
the insanity of the PMs doing nothing to halt this insanity.
Your visitors might
not be familiar with a song titled "Living on a Thin Line," produced by the British
band "The Kinks" back a couple decades ago. Its thesis is "There's no England now."
My bones chill at the words. I found a YouTube video where someone went to the trouble
of using it for accompaniment to current events here in England. It is not up to date
enough to include the most recent spat of vandalism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IIzNmLDvb8
How could we have permitted our youth to fall to such a low level? My ancestors
must turn in their graves.
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Posted 11/12/2012
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