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Givers vs. takers

The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.

Author Greg RavenPosted on December 12, 2011November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories democracy, socialismTags Brad Shurett

“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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