tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913884.post396301986611500550..comments2023-04-14T06:24:55.668-04:00Comments on Everyone takes their turn: It's easier to change yourself than vote for changeTom Gagnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11466965984472091709noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913884.post-4809098506351139022008-06-12T13:42:00.000-04:002008-06-12T13:42:00.000-04:00Thank you, live dangerously!Thank you, live dangerously!Tom Gagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466965984472091709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913884.post-52031938429288646142008-06-12T13:37:00.000-04:002008-06-12T13:37:00.000-04:00Hi. Found this at -----link-----http://www.trainin...Hi. <BR/>Found this at <BR/>-----link-----<BR/>http://www.trainingwheelsmc.com/politics.htm<BR/>--------------<BR/><BR/>"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can exist only until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess 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." ....Alexander Tyler 1870ish<BR/><BR/>My 2 cents.\<BR/>Regards Live Dangerously Be A Conservativelive dangerouslyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05667239977434492134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913884.post-60351059075552140652008-06-12T08:48:00.000-04:002008-06-12T08:48:00.000-04:00Ah, the difference between a democracy and a repub...Ah, the difference between a democracy and a republic. <BR/><BR/>Thanks, Jack.<BR/><BR/>There are lots of commentaries on democracy and its inevitable entropy. <BR/><BR/>I forget who wrote it, but I was thinking of the quote that says something to the effect that, ".. democracy will fail as soon as citizens discover they can vote themselves favors from the treasury."Tom Gagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466965984472091709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19913884.post-57328769974879127082008-06-11T23:42:00.000-04:002008-06-11T23:42:00.000-04:00Good stuff. Reminds me of Mencken's, "Democracy is...Good stuff. Reminds me of Mencken's, "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."<BR/><BR/>Actually, Mencken sidesteps the real problem, which is that "the common people" want lots of things that are mutually contradictory, a mental weakness that cynical pols are eternally willing to exploit to the hilt.Jack McHughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11996725074954365568noreply@blogger.com