To: Loud Mime
I’ve given this a lot of thought over the years, and I’ve concluded that we were screwed either way. The only safeguard against the gubmint is a populace that jealously and vigilantly guards and preserves its own freedom. Short of that, scheming politicians, lawyers, and thieves will always find a way to have their way.
10 posted on
07/30/2009 5:34:28 AM PDT by
Huck
("He that lives on hope will die fasting"- Ben Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac)
To: Huck
The only safeguard against the gubmint is a populace that jealously and vigilantly guards and preserves its own freedom. You are correct.
I believe that we are heating up to a boiling point in the US.
22 posted on
07/30/2009 5:58:41 AM PDT by
Loud Mime
(More government jobs and benefits and more unemployment sets the stage for real disaster)
To: Huck
The only safeguard against the gubmint is a populace that jealously and vigilantly guards and preserves its own freedom. Short of that, scheming politicians, lawyers, and thieves will always find a way to have their way.
Well said! And those schemers will sell plunder in exchange for power - and find plenty of takers among the people.
Only the people can maintain a representative republic. If they choose a democracy instead, all bets are off as to whether the nation will survive for long. (It'll depend on their leaders, I'm afraid. And that's not a bet I'd want to take!)
I'm sorry, Mr. Frankin, but we couldn't keep it.
24 posted on
07/30/2009 6:07:57 AM PDT by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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