Andrew N. Shrosbree wrote: > Democracy fails the moment people realise they can vote themselves > access to the fiscus. > In other words, we vote for the people who are most likely to spend us > to death. > Competence is of no concern to the Great Unwashed. > Witness the recent electoral debate in Qld, where all candidates were > falling over themselves with promises to spend, spend, spend. > Nobody promised to save a penny. Oh no, Andrew, that's not it at all. The Australian public is far more sophisticated than that. We all know the politicians cannot deliver, that would bankrupt the country, so we vote for the politicians that are the least likely to honour their promises.
David
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