Today marks our Nations Independence from the tyranny of England for 232 years!
Many things have changed over the course of this small segment of time in human
existence. Man has the inborn desire for freedom, and every so often a people rise up and decide that they aren't going to live under tyranny anymore. It is at this point that the masses revolt against the powers that be. The revolts have several times resulted in a Democracy, but Democracy is short lived here is something interesting I came upon the other day and I thought it would be appropriate to share it on Independence Day.
HOW LONG DO WE HAVE?
About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the
'A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
'A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. ''From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.
'The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. ''During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence:
1. from bondage to spiritual faith;
2. from spiritual faith to great courage;
3. from courage to liberty;
4. from liberty to abundance;
5. from abundance to complacency;
6. from complacency to apathy;
7. from apathy to dependence;
8. from dependence back into bondage.
'Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St. Paul , Minnesota , points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000 Presidential election:
Number of States won by: Democrats: 19 Republicans: 29
Square miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000. Republicans: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million, Republicans: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Democrats: 13.2 Republicans: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: 'In aggregate, the map of the territory Republican won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country. Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare...' Olson believes the
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegal's and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the
If you are in favor of this, then by all means, stop reading here
Apathy is the Greatest Danger to Our Freedom.
WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE
Let us resolve with this Independence Day to be better, more involved Citizens!
I went to Hebron last year because we didn't have fireworks here. I think I will go there again tonight, I saw so many people I hadn't seen in a long time and had fun. Happy Forth to all, don't drink and drive! Hope to see you, the Mrs. and the young'un's there crossroadblues! You've done a great job being a Dad dude.
ReplyDeletewymzie, i have been saying/preaching this to everyone i know for longer than i remember. some just think im a wierd dude, some think im crazy and some are finally starting to see the reality of the america we have to live in today. at this stage in my life i care more about the future of this country for my children and their children. for myself i really hope i live long enough to see the country take control of itself again, to see capitalistic corporate america lose their stranglehold on the american people. that would be very satisfying to me.
ReplyDelete"Professor Olson adds: 'In aggregate, the map of the territory Republican won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country. Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..."
ReplyDeleteThis is VERY misleading. It's the Blue states (like Maryland) that pay FAR more to the Federal government in taxes than they receive back in services.
It's the Red states, like Alabama, that sucks far more out of the Federal government than they pay.
The proper view is that it the Red states that are on welfare... (the whole darn state).
happy holiday wymzie,
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ReplyDeleteHave you been to PG County????
The welfare state of PG County is where all of our tax dollars go.
There is soooo much subsidized housing there. I would venture to say that there are more people on welfare in PG County just one of Marylands County's than the entire state of Alabama.
wymzie said...
ReplyDelete"Have you been to PG County????
The welfare state of PG County is where all of our tax dollars go."
Sorry. Your numbers just numbers don't add up. The location with the smallest revenue/expenditure ratio is Baltimore City. The county with the largest ratio is Montgomery County. PG county is somewhere in the middle. I believe the Wicomico county is comparable to PG county. Don't forget that the median income in PG county ($55k) is quite a bit larger than Wicomico county ($39k), so they collect a lot more tax revenue too...
But really, social welfare only accounts for between 1% and 2% of the total tax revenues. Railing on about 1% or 2% of the budget is just not worth your time, especially when you consider that most welfare recipients are children who are impoverished through no fault of their own.