What Have We Learned in 2,065 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< span class=yiv871554430yiv1430085221yiv16962433yiv296949026ecxapple-style-spa n> , 55 BC

Evidently nothing