What To Do About Deficits, Debt

' “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they will never sit,” goes an ancient Greek proverb. For a self-governing republic to thrive, each generation must steward the public purse with great care. But for three generations, our “old men” opted to chop trees down rather than plant them. Now we bear the costs. '

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