Here's a quote for you. See if you can guess who said it:
"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 republic] become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
Who said it? Sarah Palin, right? Nope. Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter? Uh-uh. Ted Cruz? Rand Paul? Ron Paul? Wrong again. Mark Lewis???? Closer, but only because of the name....
No, none of those right-wing nutcases enunciated (or wrote) those words. They were indeed spoken before the Senate, though. However, it was the Roman Senate, in 55 B.C. By Marcus Tullius Cicero.
28 years before the fall of the Roman Republic.
More from Cicero soon on why the Roman Republic fell. And how America, recklessly, foolishly, sadly--stupidly--is trotting right along behind.