Friday, October 1, 2010

Election time in Brazil…does it ring your bell?


We are so sorry but we have to mention these powerful statements. We that do business or do international business have to follow very close the news and events.

It is scary what it was written back in 1786 and endorsed by Benjamin Franklin.

The 13 original states were busy approving their new constitution. Scottish history professor, Alexander Taylor, at the University of Edinborough wrote the following about “The Fall of the Athenian Republic.”

“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasure, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policies (money), which is always followed by a dictatorship.”

Then, Franklin came with this powerful statement which was “When people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.”

Do you know any country like that?

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