Voters and debt

"democracy in principle empowers whoever can garner 50% plus one of the votes. To an ambitious democratic politician, the optimal strategy to win elections is obvious: Promise the not-so-wealthy majority a wide assortment of government-supplied benefits in the hopes of passing on the costs to the wealthier minority."

http://www.financialpost.com/m/blog.html?b=opinion.financialpost.com/2011/08/31/voters-and-debt&s=Opinion