They need the “immigrant” votes to help get this sort of thing through.
To paraphrase...since I don’t have the actual quote...”once they realize they can vote themselves money, it’s all over”
The Republicans are helping with this - the consequences are devestating. What has been a proven failure will replace a proven success. But people like Hillary will have even more power to direct who gets the money. I guess that is the point. And people like me will just have to shut up and be greateful for what I get to keep that I think of as mine.
Early 19th century Professor Alexander Tytler described the dilemma of democracy in the following comments about ancient Athens:
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policies, always followed by a dictatorship.
“The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through the following sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith, from spiritual faith to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependency, and from dependency back into bondage.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3914bd4e25b0.htm#38