Goverment Spending, Welfare and History

What did Obama,  his experts and his liberal economist learn from History this year?
NOTHING!!!

"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

Is it really that hard for them to understand?
Or, do they fully understand and have a plan of their own? What could that plan be???

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