“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that 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." Lord Woodhouselee.
If the entitlement retirement age were the same as was the life expectancy when these programs were enacted we would have no deficit.
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