The Lessons of Ancient Rome

One state government has introduced an enhanced tax that contributed to the fall of Rome. those that don't learn from history will always repeat it.

The Lessons of Ancient Rome
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It has been said that "everything old will be new again" and nowhere is this truer than in politics.

Politicians will recycle failed policies from yesteryear, launch them under new names and claim them as their own.

Given that most of these are another form of socialism or government cash grabs, they are always destined to fail again.

In this latest exercise, one Australian state government has borrowed from ancient Rome for inspiration

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