At 07:10 PM 11/25/03 -0800, Tim May wrote:

I have no problem with this free choice contract.

The only ones allowed to buy votes are the ones running for office. And they are required to do it on credit. "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the Public Treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy always followed by dictatorship." --Alexander Fraser Tyler