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Old November 12th 07, 02:03 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
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Default $98 per barrel oil

Matt Whiting wrote in
:

Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
Matt Whiting wrote
in :

Scottish professor Sir Alex Fraser Tytler (1714-1778) of the
University of Edinburgh: "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent
form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they
can vote themselves largess from the public treasury.

From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates
promising the most benefits from the public treasury,


The argument is flawed because it rests on a number of wrong
assumptions.


Such as? In any event, the trend in the USA is looking very much like
this forecast.


No, it isn't

Bertie