[pacpam]

The 'rich' are too few in number to outvote those who seek to take their money with the ruse - they don't need it. This is the beginning of the failure of democracy if the trend continues.

[Guillermo]

Democracy = 2 wolves and a sheep voting on what's for lunch.

[Righty1]

What could you expect of "our" first "hispanic" state. Look at Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, and etc. Whenever hispanic peasants get the vote they immediately loot the treasury and kill the goose!

[Kozak]

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising them the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over a loss of fiscal responsibility, 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 spiritual 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."

Written by Alexander Fraser Tytler in "The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic" 1776.