Comments on: How to kill a democracy http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/09/25/how-to-kill-a-democracy/ Politics and policy from inside Washington Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: drewbie http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/09/25/how-to-kill-a-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-2525 drewbie Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:07:06 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=2038#comment-2525 probably because it a)will eventually eat up the 61st %'s wealth so they rely on the government, then the 62nd, then the 63rd... b)removes incentive to be in the top 40%, and encourages people to stay poor c)people who need the government to survive would have a hard time voting against the dominant party for fear of losing their entitlements probably because it
a)will eventually eat up the 61st %’s wealth so they rely on the government, then the 62nd, then the 63rd…
b)removes incentive to be in the top 40%, and encourages people to stay poor
c)people who need the government to survive would have a hard time voting against the dominant party for fear of losing their entitlements

]]> By: Niko http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/09/25/how-to-kill-a-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-2514 Niko Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:51:16 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=2038#comment-2514 > Me: I don’t think this is either a) sustainable, b) good for future economic policy or c) good for American democracy Why not? > Me: I don’t think this is either a) sustainable, b) good for future economic policy or c) good for American democracy

Why not?

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