Time we followed Cicero

"budget should be balanced, that the Treasury should be refilled, that the public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of the generals should be tempered and controlled, that assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt, that the masses should be forced to work and not depend on government for subsistence, and that prudence and frugality should be put into practice as soon as possible"

can you believe...this was said by Marcus Cicero, 55BC