How Excessive Government Killed Ancient Rome (Barack “Robin Hood” Obama should read this)

The Cato Journal ^ | 1994 | Bruce Bartlett

[TrevorSnowsrap]

McCain and Bush and Congress (from both parties) should all read this.

[rom]

Obama knows this. We should not assume he wants the Republic to survive. He’d rather be Dictator-for-life of a 3rd World Hell Hole than Leader of the Free World.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

What makes you think Barry even cares? SOcialists will just state, “The right people weren’t governing then and now we have the right people to bring socialism to America.”

It’s done and we can thank the dysfunctional Republican party for hastening this transformation along. It will be a miracle of RINO McCain win. Truly a miracle.

[tired1]

Excellent post, thanks.

[In veno, veritas]

Later read.

[George from New England]

Bumpomatic

[stockpirate]

Please, in the future use Rovin Hood in the correct context instead of the Leftist BS.

Robin Hood robbed the TAX COLLECTOR and gave the money back to whom it was collected from.

Remember the Sheriff of Nottingham was the TAX COLLECTOR.

Long live the CORRECT version of the Robin Hood legand.

[Nahanni]

That is what Obama and his owner Soros want to do. Destroy the United States.

[unixfox]

The state could no longer obtain sufficient resources even through compulsion and was forced to rely ever more heavily on debasement of the currency to raise revenue.

Sound familiar?

[9thPilgrim]

We don't have to go as far back as Rome. As a missionary, since 1992 I have spent a lot of time in Russia, Kazakhstan and other once socialist countries, ending in “stan”. Under socialism everyone made the same $3.50 a month (I'm not kidding). A doctor, teacher or street sweeper all had equal pay. As a result, the people had lost all ambition and the nations are in poverty.

Americans are some of the few people on earth who are ever asked the question, “Where do you want to eat tonight, or what do you want for supper!”

Reread the classic “Amimal Farm”

[Piquaboy]

Can Dumbo read?

[CodeToad]

“Americans are some of the few people on earth who are ever asked the question, “Where do you want to eat tonight, or what do you want for supper!””

Few? All of Europe does. England does. Many people of South America do. Mexico does.

[VOA]

Another good read of how taxation killed off the Roman empire and
made Islam a practical option (lower taxes)...look for “For Good and Evil”,
a history of taxation by Charles Adams.

[Cacique]

btt

[Entrepreneur]

ping for later

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Interesting essay. There are far too many parallels to our nation today to ignore this history.

The really scary part is looking past the fall of the Roman Empire to what was called The dark Ages. Are we headed for times like this again?

"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - - George Santayana

[dr_who]

Self-proclaimed historians ought to read this. A history professor once admitted to me that the average historian lacks any understanding of economics. You have but to pick up the average American history text and turn to the New Deal for an example of this.

[Leisler]

"Although taxes on ordinary Romans were not raised, citizenship was greatly expanded in order to bring more people into the tax net."

Illegals.

[Vaduz]

Barack(”Robin Hood”)obama omit the word Robin and it would sound right.