aug 292007

Representative democracy cannot subsist if a great part of the voters are on the government pay roll. If the members of parliament no longer consider themselves mandatories of the taxpayers but deputies of those receiving salaries, wages, subsidies, doles, and other benefits from the treasury, democracy is done for.
Stendødt…
I hvert fald det repræsentative
Helt enig.
Enig her på det generelle plan. Fonsmark sagde det der skulle siges, men folk lader som ingenting. Det er vor tids sygdom: at lade som ingenting. Folks hukommelse er kort.