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Old 09-30-2006, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Roman View Post
I hope a post in a thread by YellowDog helps explain it or my fear of it, its a quote by Alexander tyler:


"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policies followed by a dictatorship."
Oh, I can't take a claim for finding that gem, I stole it from someone else around abouts here.
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