More Things Change, More They Stay The Same

What our leaders should be bequeathing all of us ...

"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, Public Debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officaldom 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 B.C.