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Congress bribes followers with public money

Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville Wikimedia Commons

In the 1830s, French political thinker Alexis de Tocqueville remarked, “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.”

It’s $20 trillion and growing!

Richard Telles, Fresno

This story was originally published December 1, 2017 at 2:38 PM with the headline "Congress bribes followers with public money."

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