Description: Truth is the beginning of wisdom...
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse [money, bounty, assistance, gifts] from the public treasury. - Alexis de Tocqueville
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 policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. - Alexander Frazer Tytler
This is a report written in 2004 but keep in mind the monetary marker that indicates poverty level has increased to