“Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people."
Our rulers and masters do not even bother to read the bills that spend your money.
In late May, polls indicated that 53 percent of SC voters approved of DeMint's job performance, but only 48 percent said they likely would support his re-election.