I was listening to Dr. James Dobson on the way to work the other morning and during the radio program he mentioned the quote below as a warning to voters:
"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."
I thought this was remarkable. He was quoting Alexander Tytler who was a Historian in Scotland that died in 1813. How could such an old quotation ring so true in today's times? It seems like that is exactly what people are doing these days they are voting themselves large benefits from the treasury which will lead to a financial collapse.
How tempting is it to vote yourself more benefits? How tempting would it be to vote yourself a raise? Look at congress every year on Jan 1st they vote themselves a raise! Why? Because they can. There are judges waiting to be voted on, budgets to pass, any number of bills laying around with dust on them, but this bill always seems to work its way to the top of the list and gets voted on and passed immediately.
Obama is promising a huge government with entitlements galore, he is doing a rather great impression of Robin Hood and stealing from the rich to give to the poor through his tax plan. People are surrounding him in droves just to look at him, as if he is the second coming. What is the attraction to most voters? Seemingly free money! Nothing is free folks, that free money came from someone. The government should be a stop gap not a life style. The government should be there to help you when you are down but there should be a limit to the benefits. You should not be able to live your whole life on welfare and pass that mentality onto your children and on to their children.
Well it turns out Dobson was dooped! The quote only dates back to the 1950's and was not breathed by a historian in the 1700's but rather has unknown authorship. The origins is not true but I think the quote is being lived out right in front of us!
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Good quote. Here comes the dictatorship. I cannot stand this election or the last or any since the time I became old enough to vote. I have the "Duty" to vote, yet do not have faith that either candidate will have America's best interests at hand. Too many lobbyists.
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