"When the people find out that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." *

"When the people find out that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." *; * Circa 1951 erroneously attributed to Ben Franklin - true never the less; The redistribution of wealth will begin with confiscatory taxes on everything that "rich" people have too much or too many of, according to people who believe that they have too little or too few of; expecting "their fair share"