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<blockquote data-quote="sh00ter" data-source="post: 1987187" data-attributes="member: 24531">I&#039;ll tell you why we lost:“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world&#039;s greatest civilizations has been 200 years.”&nbsp; -- Alexis de Tocqueville“Once the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the Republic.” -- Benjamin Franklin&quot;The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people&#039;s money&quot; -- Margaret ThatcherThat my friends is why we lost and will continue to lose until we collapse...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sh00ter, post: 1987187, member: 24531"] [B][SIZE=4]I'll tell you why we lost:[/SIZE][/B] “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.” -- Alexis de Tocqueville “Once the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the Republic.” -- Benjamin Franklin "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money" -- Margaret Thatcher [B]That my friends is why we lost and will continue to lose until we collapse...[/B] [/QUOTE]

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