Analyst's note: Absolutely must read. Gov. "Moon-Beam" Brown of California signs a bill that will award the state's 55 electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the U.S. popular vote. This is a bad sign and symbolic of "progressive" (socialist) thought. We would do well to study and understand what this means. We know that the state of California is broke, so what could one suppose that their next step might be?
Think back to the deliberations of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 which were held in strict secrecy. Consequently, anxious citizens gathered outside Independence Hall when the proceedings ended in order to learn what had been produced behind closed doors. The answer was provided immediately. A Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, “A republic, if you can keep it.”
Over two hundred years ago, a noted historian,
"[...] Alexander Tyler, explained why a pure democracy -- not a republic -- tends to destroy itself: "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse [gifts] 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 results that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy [taxing and spending], always followed by a dictatorship. The average life of the world's greatest civilizations has been two hundred years.
The American Founders were determined to build into their system the freedom of a government "of the people" but avoid the pitfalls of a pure democracy. It was sufficient to have mass participation in the election of representatives, but after that they wanted the principles of a republic to prevail." See "The Making of America," page 265, by W. Cleon Skousen.
"[...] This effort is to help everyone to understand why the Founding Fathers wanted a republican form of government. It is of note that the Founding Fathers did not use the word "democracy" in either the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution of the United States of America. Nor does the word "democracy" appear in the constitution of any of the fifty States. [....]". See "Our Constitutional Republic: Seeds of Birth -- Seeds of Destruction" by William J. Dell, 15% on the Kindle edition.
Mr. Dell's book is available at the publishers on-line Bookstore and can be purchased in Hardcover for $17.95 and in Softcover for $12.95 at:
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"Gov. Brown signs bill that would award state's electoral votes to presidential candidate who wins U.S. popular vote
The Electoral College could be inching closer to extermination as California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday that would award the state's 55 electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote.
The bill would take effect only if the states that hold a majority of the 538 electoral votes approve similar legislation. With California's addition, that total now stands at 132, almost 49 percent of the 270 needed.
[....] Seven states and the District of Columbia have passed similar bills."
