ShopTalk: Some things never change

[Al Taylor]

"The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the 
arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to 
foreign governments must be reduced, if the nation doesn't want to go 
bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public 
assistance." --Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 B.C.