He was right about too many people being on the take. His question was would you rather have someone say work hard and you can live the American Dream or relax and you will be taken care of? It has been said many times that when the electorate can vote for more stuff it is over.
“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.”
- - Alexis de Tocqueville (July 29, 1805 – April 16, 1859)