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Plundering the Treasury and Destroying
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Posted By: FlyRight, 1/11/2026 4:37:58 PM

During the period of the Scottish Enlightenment, the study of government and constitutions was undertaken as a cultural phenomenon, even as the fascinating ruins and relics of ancient societies were being unearthed in Italy and Greece. One scholar, Alexander Fraser Tytler, devoted his life to the study of the life span of history’s democracies, forming a theory based on the evidence: “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.” In the United States, up until 1913, a federal budget was created by the representatives of the states in Congress,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: stablemoney 1/11/2026 6:31:31 PM (No. 2053426)
A very good read and perspective on the American left. It is so plainly true that it will never be in any American schoolbook.
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