Everybody seems to want to blame their problems on something other than themselves.Our local,state governments are awaiting stimulus from the fed after spending money like drunken sailors when the cash was coming in. Banks,mortgage  and insurance companies also made a lot of money at the our expense and now are getting more money  to repay themselves for their greed in the past. Where will this all end? Could this be our decline before the fall? Let me know what you think.

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 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 B.C.)