Some of my biggest questions get answered, flush with wisdom
by Shane McRae
As far as violence in the streets goes, that perhaps depends on who wins. I am a huge Ron Paul supporter but he is probably the one most likely to cause blood in the streets if he wins because he wants to do away with so much of the government aid that people have come to depend on, in many cases for a number of generations. When their subsidies, welfare, etc. are taken away either because of a rational, sensible decision or because there just isn't any more money that is when revolution is highly likely to occur.
Millions of people in many western countries don't know how to live any more without government help. Here in Bali we see the other extreme. If people don't have the money to buy food they go hungry. Somewhere in the middle there would be a humane point at which people are educated, have decent health care, and are supported only when they are truly needy. But that point is difficult to find and never holds for long. Politicians in any democracy very soon learn that they can find ways to buy votes through welfare.
by Shane McRae
As far as violence in the streets goes, that perhaps depends on who wins. I am a huge Ron Paul supporter but he is probably the one most likely to cause blood in the streets if he wins because he wants to do away with so much of the government aid that people have come to depend on, in many cases for a number of generations. When their subsidies, welfare, etc. are taken away either because of a rational, sensible decision or because there just isn't any more money that is when revolution is highly likely to occur.
Millions of people in many western countries don't know how to live any more without government help. Here in Bali we see the other extreme. If people don't have the money to buy food they go hungry. Somewhere in the middle there would be a humane point at which people are educated, have decent health care, and are supported only when they are truly needy. But that point is difficult to find and never holds for long. Politicians in any democracy very soon learn that they can find ways to buy votes through welfare.
