Slow Learners!

So what have we learned in 2,063 years ?

"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
Rome become bankrupt.. People must again learn to work,
instead of living on public assistance."
- Cicero - 55 BC
Evidently, nothing.