Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   de Toqueville predicted just that Date:   3/4/2015 4:40:52 PM

He understood that was the great weakness of a democratic republic, the inevitable recogniztion that the voter could attempt to live at the expense of someone else by selling their soul to politicians promising them access to the public treasury.  America was a great experiment and I am sad to say that human nature seems to have taken over to our overall detriment.  This country will not be able to return to greatness unless we recapture the spirit of our founding, which unfortunately relies on a populace that embraces those foudning principals.  

A lot of people think a transformational leader can accomplish that but I am less optimistic over time.  For every step forward it seems like we take two steps back.  Time will tell and I am still mildly optimistic but it will require a generational change because us baby boomers cannot be trusted to wake up.