The Capsizing of American Democracy

?American democracy is capsizing as a result of the vast increase in the number of government dependents and government employees. This has created a voting bloc that overwhelms every other potential force. H.L. Mencken quipped in the 1930s that the New Deal divided America into 'those who work for a living and those who vote for a living? ? a division truer now than ever before.? Column by Jim Bovard.