A PIECE OF WISDOM QUOTED

"The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled,
public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be
 tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be
 curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work
 instead of living on public assistance."

Cicero, 55 BC


So, evidently, we've learned NOTHING over the past 2,070 years. 

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