Democracy, to me, is liberty plus economic security. -Maury Maverick, attorney and congressman (1895-1954)
This seems to me a very odd formulation. Economic security is a good thing no doubt, and severe economic insecurity has historically been a danger to democracy, but to include it in the definition of democracy can confuse discussion of policy. It is possible to have democracy without economic security and it is possible to have economic security without democracy. The latter choice is sometimes a serious temptation, which should be resisted.
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