On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 00:17:49 -0700 (PDT), Binky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday, July 6, 2003 at 05:58:31 -0500, > "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> >> Whenever a country devotes its wealth and resources to building >> up its military might to a level far exceeding what is reasonable >> and necessary for providing for the country's defense and security, >> then the government is stealing from the people. The wealth should >> be dedicated for expenditures to benefit the people instead of for >> so much unnecessary weaponry and equipment and personnel for its >> military forces. > <snip> > Hmmm, sounds like the good ol' U.S.A. ;o) Ah, but in the good ol' USA there is a big difference. In the good ol' USA all government spending, to include also all the wasteful government spending, is approved of by the people themselves. In the good ol' USA all government spending must be authorized by Congress, which consists only of representatives elected by the people. In a democracy or in a representative government, the only tyranny that exists is the tyranny of the masses. In a dictatorship only the dictator has the power to be a tyrant. A far better government than a democratic government would be a government administrated by a beneficent dictator. The only problem with establishing beneficent dictatorships is that the world does not know of any beneficent people who want to become dictators. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser: http://browser.arachne.cz/
