Quote Originally Posted by mtnlaurel View Post
I wasn't familiar with Bread and Circuses, so I looked it up on Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses

So only people with jobs or landowners should vote?
I think there is much to be said for only allowing net contributor's to vote.


If you are simply saying that we need more effective policies to deal with freeloaders and greedy opportunists in our society (both welfare freeloaders and corp. subsidy freeloaders) -- then I couldn't agree more.
When those who vote their individual self-interest out-number those who vote the collective self-interest, we shouldn't be surprised at the results.

But blaming poor people for bringing down the country is nuts. They have no real power.
That's a mis-interpretation of the concept. Many well-to-do people place their temporary self-interest above the collective interest. It's not a state of finances as much as a state of mind.

We have got to start getting along and find middle ground and get some legislation through that is going to encourage job growth in the private sector.
The best way to do that is to take the uncertainty out of the market. That means stop looking at legislation as a means to an end.