Cicero on Budgets

[GWguy]

The budget should be balanced. The Treasury should be refilled. The public debt should be reduced.

The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled. The assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, least Rome become bankrupt. People must once again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.

Cicero 55 BC

And before any one tries to debunk the saying, I've done it for ya...

Cicero's Budget Plan Of 55 B.C.-Truth! & Fiction!

Lots of info out there that say it might not be a real quote, but it sounds good anyway!!