"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." ~ Attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler. Unverified
Senator Jim DeMint speaks of the difficulty of getting a Balanced Budget Amendment passed through Congress in the video below. This could also be applied to the Democratic contempt for the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act offered earlier last year by the House. But, can we survive the continued largesse of an out-of-control Federal budget?
