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Long time to listen, but some interesting stuff.

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Long time to listen, but some interesting stuff.

Postby dorminWS » Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:06:11

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Re: Long time to listen, but some interesting stuff.

Postby gunderwood » Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:12:19

Over the course of 500 years, the Roman Empire had become the most powerful and richest empire the world’s ever seen. Eventually, though, the cost of defending its borders and expanding its bureaucracy became too expensive. The tax revenues collected weren’t enough to cover the empire’s costs.

But rather than cutting back, the Romans choose to simply create more money. They thought that if they could find a way to increase the amount of money, they could continue to fund skyrocketing defense costs and expand the bureaucracy.

...

And eventually, without money to expand and protect, the Western Roman Empire collapsed. [51]

The beginning of the end for the Roman Empire all came down to the lack of a national credit card... and the destruction of their money in its place.

A strikingly similar trend is already under way in America. Right here. Right now.

This is EXACTLY why Ron Paul is so opposed to the "defense" strategy of empire...
sudo modprobe commonsense
FATAL: Module commonsense not found.

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