found this on 't internet
The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled , public debt reduced , the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled , the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed , lest Rome becomes bankrupt . People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance . Cicero , 55BC .
2086 years and we are still waiting !
Did they have job centres in Roman times.Black Dee and White Dee’s relations back then?
better than that toby , if they got into debt and couldn’t pay up they were sold into slavery . now there’s a thought !
Or fed to the lions. 