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"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 the result
that a democracy always collapses over
loose fiscal policy, (which is)
always followed by a dictatorship.
The average age of the world's greatest
civilization has been two hundred
years. These nations have
progressed through this sequence. From
bondage to spiritual faith; from
spiritual faith to great courage;
from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance,
from abundance to complacency; from
complacency to apathy, from apathy
to dependence, from dependence
back into bondage." Professor
Joseph Olson of Hamline University of
Law, St. Paul, MN passed on the above gem &
provides
the following 2000 election factoids for
consideration:
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Population of counties won by Gore: |
127 million
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| Population of
counties won by Bush: |
143 million |
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Square miles of country won by
Gore: |
580,000 |
| Square miles of
country won by Bush: |
2,427,000 |
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States won by Gore: |
19 |
| States won by
Bush: |
29 |
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Counties won by Gore: |
677 |
| Counties won by
Bush: |
2434 |
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Murder per 100,000 residents in
counties won by Gore: |
13.2 |
| Murder per
100,000 residents in counties won by Bush: |
2.1 (not a typo) |
Professor Olson adds,
"And may I add that the map of the
territory Bush won was (mostly) the land
owned by the people of this great
country. Not the citizens living
in cities owned by the government
and living off the government."
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