Do you know what happened on this date, 232 yrs ago?

[copperkid3]

The Revolutionary War Ended. 1781.

Seems it might be time to consider a new one . .

The hour is drawing nigh; do we still have time?

Englishman, Alexander Fraser Tytler,
also known as Lord Woodhouselee, wrote:

“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. 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.”

http://personalliberty.com/2010/06/1...u-can-keep-it/

If you remember much from your high school history classes about the founding
of this country, you know there was a great deal of controversy about what type
of government the newly independent states should create.
The first effort, the Articles of Confederation, was generally regarded as a failure.
But what should replace them? Each state sent a group of representatives to meet
in Philadelphia and hammer out a new agreement. The deliberations of the Constitutional
Convention in 1787 were held in strict secrecy. Consequently, anxious citizens gathered
outside Independence Hall when the proceedings ended, eager to learn what had been
produced behind those closed doors. As the delegates left the building, a Mrs. Powel
of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got?”
With no hesitation, Franklin replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.”
Not a democracy, not a democratic republic. But “a republic, if you can keep it.”

[Yvonne's hubby]

Yeppers, and they held on to it for four score and seven years.

[Ozarks Tom]

The next one won't be elective.

[plowjockey]

What will change?

We'll still have rich people who will take advantage, of others. We will still have the old, poor, crippled and those not interested in working. The middle class (if there is one) will still be hampered by both groups.

Any huge budget cuts, or department eliminations, will simply add to the jobless ranks, but will save government money.

There will still be criminals, only many more. We could bring back firing squads. Otherwise, hopefully citizens will still get a fair trial, which is not without costs.

We will still require an expensive large armed forces, that will need to be paid for. Air and water, still needs to be kept clean.

We have a horrendous amount of infrastructure - highways, rivers, airports, Colleges, that have large operations expenses.

Business influence on the Government - which probably started on day one, of the current Government will only intensify, with a new one, as they jockey for position.

In the scheme of things, people's day-to-day lives, did not really change drastically, immediately after the first Revolutionary war.

It does not seem like that will be the case today.

[Win07_351]

Originally Posted by plowjockey

In the scheme of things, people's day-to-day lives, did not really change drastically, immediately after the first Revolutionary war.

Tell that to the thousands of Tories who had to flee in a hurry on British ships and relocate to Canada and England.

[copperkid3]

Originally Posted by Win07_351

Tell that to the thousands of Tories who had to flee in a hurry on British ships and relocate to Canada and England.

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would be scurrying off to . . .

OR better yet, who would have them?

[Paumon]

Originally Posted by copperkid3

Interesting . . . One has to wonder just where our little tories would be scurrying off to . . .

OR better yet, who would have them?

You don't have any tories remaining so you probably don't need to wonder about them.

[copperkid3]

Originally Posted by Paumon

You don't have any tories remaining so you probably don't need to wonder about them.

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Only the names have changed - (to protect the guilty);

human nature, being what it is, remains a steady constant.

Those who must work to remain free -vs- those who would rather be subjugated.

Times change, circumstances change . . . the people however, remain the same.