Democracy
Our system of democracy has come to mean worshipping the notion that
a majority vote for the distribution of government largesse, loot confiscated
from the American people through an immoral tax system, is morally and
constitutionally acceptable. Under these circumstances it’s no wonder
a system of runaway lobbying and special interests has developed. Add
this to the military-industrial complex that developed over the decades
due to a foreign policy of perpetual war and foreign military intervention,
and we shouldn’t wonder why there is such a powerful motivation to learn
the tricks of the lobbying trade—and why former members of Congress and
their aides become such high-priced commodities. Buying influence is much
more lucrative than working and producing for a living. The trouble is
the process invites moral corruption. The dollars involved grow larger
and larger because of the deficit financing and inflation that pure democracy
always generates. Ron Paul, “Searching for a New Direction,”
U.S. House of Representatives, Jan. 18, 2006.