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To: goldworldnet who wrote (491340)	6/18/2012 12:49:54 AM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

What should we spend for the sake of spreading freedom and democracy? What happens when people get a taste? Look to history!

To: goldworldnet who wrote (491340)	6/18/2012 1:46:38 AM
From: Big Black Swan	9 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793838

It seems the achilles heel of democracy is its inability to control spending. Once a spending program gets launched it developed a constituency of supporters who will do anything to keep the cash flowing. They lobby, bribe, spread propaganda - whatever it takes to keep the program alive. The majority gets bought off and the spending goes on. Multiply that one program a thousands of times and you have the larded US govt. Even in the defense budget (look at the F-35). Liberals, of course, are the worst in this respect. They wrote the manual. But we conservatives aren't always as sinless as we believe. Witness the spending increases under "big-government-conservative" GWB. Something has to change. Throwing out Obama is a necessary step, but it's only the first step on a long road IMO.