Correct. Over 50% of the voting population has figured out it can vote itself largesse our of the nation's treasury, so it's just a matter of time now. My only hope is to delay it until I'm dead.
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. The average of the world�s great civilizations before they decline has been 200 years. These nations have progressed in this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from faith 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 dependency; from dependency back again to bondage.
I think the man was on to something here, alas, we ignore at out own peril....
You are right.
The ancient world went through the same thing.
I still hope that our civ. can can be different, and if anyone can help lead the world it is Free Americans.
Otherwise you will join the UK and France on the skrapheap of history.