When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.
Ben Franklin
[And behold! There came upon the country the Democrats. Then the Republicans became tempted and they too became as like Democrats. And there was much wailing and sorrow for the righteous knew the end was near.–Joe]
Pork barrel politicians will be the downfall of this Republic. They have discovered the golden loophole through which they can drive dump truck loads of cash through without a vote or question.
“The State is the great fiction through which everybody endevors to live at the expense of everybody else.”{
Frederic Bastiat 1848