We are trapped by policy that encourages the accumulation of debt. Until policy is changed, we will be
unable to reduce debt except for brief periods, as with federal debt in
the latter 1990s, and household debt for just four years after the financial crisis.
"The commonwealth was not yet lost in Tiberius's days, but it was already doomed and Rome knew it. The fundamental trouble could not be cured. In Italy, labor could not support life..." - Vladimir Simkhovitch, "Rome's Fall Reconsidered"
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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