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To: NormsRevenge

"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." - Alexander Tyler


7 posted on 10/22/2006 9:17:52 AM PDT by TeenagedConservative
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To: TeenagedConservative

amen


democracy in america...de toqueville (?) to paraphrase, america will cease to be a great power when her people begin to vote for themselves government largesse.

'the truth is out there"


8 posted on 10/22/2006 9:24:12 AM PDT by ripley
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To: TeenagedConservative

Exactly why we have a constitutional Republic. The only thing democratic is the election process.
Private enterprise is supposed to provide the needs of the people. Government was never supposed to get into private business, just handle the nations business and national security.

I can see what the next demand is from this particular articel. Daycare space. They will be screaming that there aren't any government run daycares to begin early socialist indoctrination.
Then they will be demanding more money because $375 a month isn't enough to pay for expensive, government run daycare.


9 posted on 10/22/2006 9:32:19 AM PDT by Nathan Zachary (Bukhari:V1B1N6 “Just issue orders to kill every Jew in the country.”)
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To: TeenagedConservative
Man you got that right. Tyler's words are so true.
But it's all good. The feces is going to hit the fan anyway.
44 posted on 10/22/2006 6:51:28 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Why can't Republicans stand up to Democrats like they do to terrorists?)
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