A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:

weiser says:
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Just look at places like
Denmark, where the marginal tax rates are above 50%, and half the
nation is
on the dole, paid by the other half.
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why then do the danes keep electing governments that support what you
purport to be the case?

Because, as someone famous once said, (I paraphrase) Democracy will survive
only until the citizens discover that they can vote themselves largesse out
of the public treasury. Once that happens, the person promising the greatest
amount of largesse will always be elected. When you give the 50+% of leeches
who are on the dole the right to vote, of course they are going to vote for
whomever will continue the dole.

Now, if you *remove* the right to vote from those on welfare, I'd be a bit
more willing to grant them largesse from the public treasury...but not much.

have you ever been there? great education
system. great healthcare system. great elder care. clean streets.
relatively few ghettos. all in all a pretty awesome place to live.

Unless you happen to be a working stiff who has to fork over half your
income to pay for free drugs and healthcare for addlepated zombies and
useless leeches.

--
Regards,
Scott Weiser

"I love the Internet, I no longer have to depend on
friends, family and co-workers, I can annoy people WORLDWIDE!" TM

© 2005 Scott Weiser

Weiser, referring to Danes says:
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Unless you happen to be a working stiff who has to fork over half your
income to pay for free drugs and healthcare for addlepated zombies and
useless leeches.
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Isn't it strange then, that hundreds of thousands of hard-working Danes
aren't clamoring to get into the free-market haven (albeit with huge
subsidies - corporate welfare -- for shareholders who don't require
them) that you claim is USA?

frtzw906

A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:

Weiser, referring to Danes says:
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Unless you happen to be a working stiff who has to fork over half your
income to pay for free drugs and healthcare for addlepated zombies and
useless leeches.
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Isn't it strange then, that hundreds of thousands of hard-working Danes
aren't clamoring to get into the free-market haven (albeit with huge
subsidies - corporate welfare -- for shareholders who don't require
them) that you claim is USA?

There's no accounting for stupidity. Perhaps all that time spent in the dark
has shrunk their brains.

--
Regards,
Scott Weiser

"I love the Internet, I no longer have to depend on
friends, family and co-workers, I can annoy people WORLDWIDE!" TM

© 2005 Scott Weiser

Weiser has obviously never been to Denmark.


frtzw906

On 15-Feb-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

Because, as someone famous once said, (I paraphrase) Democracy will survive
only until the citizens discover that they can vote themselves largesse out
of the public treasury.

Well, that sounds like what's happening in the US now, except that you're
using debt markets instead of the treasury. Since the debt is drawn on
the treasury, same difference. As long as you vote for fiscally irresponsible
Republicans who cut taxes instead of pay bills...


Mike