Mitt Romney sees the emperor without his clothes and, although he may not have wanted his comment to become headline news, it's about time the American electorate at least has access to the truth contained in it. They certainly aren't going to obtain that truth from the mainstream media.Romney may have killed his election chances, if the media have any say about it, but he shot from the hip. He wasn't talking about Social Security retirement recipients, or Medicare recipients, or hard workers like you and me. He was talking about those who have embraced the entitlement/victim mentality, and those who are seeking to reap the benefits of American's working class without having legally contributed to that benefit pool. This administration has created, and nurtured, a slick PR campaign selling such a mindset as a part of the American dream, and those who have swallowed that PR will crawl to the polls, if they have to, just to see to it that the entitlement mentality continues to be rewarded.
Alexis de Tocqueville foresaw exactly this more than 150 years ago:
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.
Excellent commentary, once again, joanie! ping to my friends.
THANKS for the ping Nic, that is a GREAT post! :)
Good read here, sf. Hope all’s well with you and yours!!
Good job, Joanie.
~ joanie