"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 the government become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero 55 BC
And so it was and so it has always been. The Roman empire collapsed even with this ominous warning. Watching the Super Bowl and seeing the refused PETA commercials that got free exposure on all the news channels, reminds me of a story about the decadent Romans. They had replicas of genitals for door knockers as the Empire stood on the doorstep of oblivion.
Is there a lesson for the U. S.A. here?
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