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2009-06-30 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-06-30 10:18|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 How voters chose games over bread in California

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. - attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-06-30 11:32|| 2009-06-30 11:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Smooth and easy is the road
That leads to hell and destruction.
Down grade all the way,
The further you travel, the faster you go.
No need to trudge and sweat and toil,
Just slip and slide and slip and slide
Till you bang up against hell's iron gate.

Posted by mojo 2009-06-30 13:30|| 2009-06-30 13:30|| Front Page Top

#3 And soon, these lovely people in congress will bring this to all 50 states.

Have fun with THAT.

Posted by newc">newc 2009-06-30 15:47|| 2009-06-30 15:47|| Front Page Top

#4 The Republicans were essentially threatened and terrorized against voting for revenue. Now [some] are facing recalls. They operate under a terrorist threat: âYou vote for revenue and your career is over.â I donât know why we allow that kind of terrorism to exist. I guess itâs about free speech, but itâs extremely unfair. - California Speaker of the Assembly Karen Bass (D)

Any surprise that California is bankrupt with morons like her running the government.

Posted by DMFD 2009-06-30 17:54|| 2009-06-30 17:54|| Front Page Top

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