Is there anything new under the sun?

The great "joke" in the financial world is the way in which we all seem doomed never to learn from previous mistakes (or more rarely triumphs). The refrain is "but it is different this time" - but it hardly ever is.

Many thanks for this quote, shamelessly stolen from a wonderful man who shares my interest in working for those with Multiple Sclerosis, but who does so much more than I or many others.

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 we become bankrupt.

People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.

You would be forgiven for thinking it was Vince Cable c.2010, but it was Cicero in 55 B.C.

Dum Spiro Spero