Re: Are liberals dumber than conservatives?

From: Gary Gerrard (tseneca_at_alltel.net)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: 30 Aug 2004 12:01:24 -0700

bw@barrk.net (BlackWater) wrote in message news:<412a2e7c.25514888@news.east.earthlink.net>...
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:37:51 GMT, Socialism is a Mental Disease
> <root@localhost.> wrote:
>
> >According to new research out of UCLA, the answer appears to be yes:
> >
> >http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/22/magazine/22IDEA.html
>
> Hey ... they believe that the govt can just
> hand out "free money" with no consequences.
> You've GOTTA be dumb to believe something
> idiotic like that.
>
> >
> >"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one
> >percent of the people may take away the rights of the other
> >forty-nine." -- Thomas Jefferson
>
> Which is why there are no bona-fide "democracies"
> in the world. Republics, with a written bill-o-
> rights, are better. The question however is whether
> they actually FIX the problems of pure democracy,
> or simply DELAY them for awhile.
>
> I'm beginning to believe the answer is "delay" ...

A cute saying: Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what's
for dinner.

I have always wondered why people who think taxes are too low don't
voluntarily pay the government more of their income, unless what they
really think is that everyone else should pay more taxes, not them.
(not proofread)

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