"Folks who get free stuff are upset with folks who pay for the free stuff. Folks who pay for the free stuff can't afford to pay for the free stuff and their own stuff any longer so they want the free stuff to stop. Folks who get the free stuff want even more free stuff on top of the free stuff they get and vow to riot in the streets if they don't get all the stuff free.
"Politicians trolling for votes tell the folks who get the free stuff that the folks who pay for the free stuff are mean, prejudiced people for wanting to stop the free stuff. So, the folks who get the free stuff are encouraged to hate the people who pay for their free stuff and to vote for the politicians who give away the free stuff."
Thanks Jan... Your e-mail pretty well sums up what's going on in Washington today? Here's what a really smart guy said about this same situation 2,066 years ago:
"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 become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero 55 BC
Monetary stupidity and moral depravity defined the most powerful nation on earth. How about cast iron genitals used for door knockers, extravagant entertainment, excessive booze, massive troop deployments in foreign lands and a steady debasement of their currency? Sounds like the USA doesn't it? (Well maybe not the door knockers.)
Some folks who learn from history are shouting warnings just like ol' Cicero did in those Roman times. The 'bright' politicians in Washington had better start listening. We all know what happened to the Roman Empire!
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