"Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of the public treasure. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefit from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship, and then a monarchy."
I want to focus on the evident theme that when voters elect those who promise more benefits, we are all in trouble.
One example in my opinion was the $2500 checks that were distributed to every American during the pandemic. I was glad to get the check, but was this needed? And where did the money come from to pay for this? In Florida there is discussion of doing away with property/real estate taxes. How will that income be made up for the state?
Sure we all want something for nothing. We all want life to be better and easier for me.
But: success in life is rarely found by sitting around complaining that we want a free cell phone or a bigger tax break or what ever we may think we want. Success in life, in my experience, comes by work. Hard work.
It is not the governments job to give us everything we want. May we all work a little harder and want a little less. Feeling good, feeling satisfied at the end of the day is not measured by freebies, feeling good, feeling satisfied only comes after a hard days work.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to be the good.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to be the good.
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Sherri Swanson and I are leading a trip to New Zealand January 30-Feb 12, 2027
If you want to sign up, you can use my host number 17768 or Sherri's 57707
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Sherri Swanson and I are also leading a Canada/New England cruise in September of 2027
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