CHAPTER XII.
VOTE YOURSELVES RICH.
Those who have been voted rich, not by their own votes, but by our votes, the votes of the common people, are now engaged in proving to us THAT WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE FOR THEM WE CAN BY NO POSSIBLE MEANS DO FOR OURSELVES.
Having accumulated immense fortunes by means of vote enacted legislation, THEY PREACH TO US THE UTTER FOLLY OF OUR HOPING FOR ANY GAIN FROM THE SAME SOURCE.
So interested are they in our proper economic education, that they are willing to supply both text-books and teachers. They love learning and from purely philanthropic motives seek to make us wise.
But what is their wisdom so willingly imparted? From what follies are they so anxious to guard us?
TO VOTE OUR ENEMIES RICH: THIS IS WISDOM.
TO ATTEMPT TO VOTE OURSELVES RICH: DANGEROUS FOLLY.
Their science teaches that IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE INSTRUMENT WHICH IS THE SOURCE OF THEIR WEALTH TO BE OF ANY EFFECT IN BEHALF OF THOSE WHO WIELD THE INSTRUMENT.
Text-book in hand they say to the people, "It is impossible for you to vote yourselves rich."