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[Lionel Peterson]

On May 6, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>  
wrote:

> Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> On May 6, 2009, at 8:34 AM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>>> I think a lot of the voters in the last Presidential election  
>>>> here in
>>>> the US of A would disagree. A bunch of guys in suits signing laws  
>>>> put
>>>> a roof over their head, food on their table, and, "O" willing,
>>>> they'll
>>>> get free healthcare and state-funded college, from the Gov't,  
>>>> thanks
>>>> to, of all people, Arlen Spector and Al Franken.
>>>>
>>>> Let's see how THIS works out... What could go wrong?
>>> Three words:  "Bread and circuses."
>>
>> Sorry, don't get the reference - I'm more of a loaves and fishes kind
>> of guy...
>
> It's been variously stated that any democracy can survive only until  
> its
> members discover that they can vote themselves largesse out of the
> public treasury.  One of the pithier statements of this referred to  
> the
> discovery that they can vote themselves bread and circuses, without
> having to wait for the politicians to do it.
>
> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses for the origin.

Thanks, I didn't know that.

As you describe it, and in light of recent election, if you promise to  
raise taxes on 5% of the population to fund a tax cut for 95% of the  
population - you're virtually guaranteed to win...

I think we are there, or at least just about there...

Lionel