SIC pickle explained
The following quote partly explains the pickle that Shetland and the SIC are now in:
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of Government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. Then the majority always vote for the candidates promising the most benefits.
“A democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy. The average age of the world’s greatest civilisations has been 200 years.”
Alexis de Tocqueville, 19th century historian.
J Sandison
Walls
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