"Eine repräsentative Demokratie kann nicht bestehen, wenn ein großer Teil der Wähler auf der öffentlichen Gehaltsliste steht. Wenn die Parlamentarier sich nicht mehr als Treuhänder der Steuerzahler ansehen, sondern als Vertreter der Empfänger von Gehältern, Löhnen, Subventionen, Arbeitslosenunterstützung und anderen Wohltaten aus dem Steuertopf, dann ist es um die Demokratie geschehen."
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Ludwig von Mises: Die Bürokratie, ISBN 3-89665-316-4 1944, S. 89 pdf
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Ludwig von Mises
1881 – 1973
österreichisch-amerikanischer Volkswirtschaftler
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