Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan claims he gets his advice from The Boss –  I think you’re listening to the wrong person Wayne.

You should be listening to Cicero instead;

 “The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance.”
– Cicero , 55 BC

Unfortunately, as far as  Treasurer Wayne Swan and the Gillard Labor Government are concerned – they’ve learnt nothing in the past 2,067 years.