Free Republic

Since President Kennedy’s term ended abruptly, it has continually been the operating philosophy of the Democratic Party to take from those who produce and give to those who don’t produce. In examining the economic programs of both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama, it is clear that this philosophy will be applied with a heavy hand should one of them be elected president. They plan to do away with the Bush tax cuts on earned income, reinstate the death tax and also greatly increase capital gains taxes on all of us who own common stocks and mutual funds, and who save...

At about the time our original 13 states adopted their new constitution in 1787, a Scottish history professor by the name of  Professor Alexander Tyler had this to say about "The Fall of the Athenian Republic" over 2,000 years previous to that date. .................................................. The Fall of the Athenian Republic. "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.  It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse (generous gifts) from the public treasury.  From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with...