Comptroller General of the US: Parallels with Fall of Rome and America

David Walker is one of the very few (along with myself) who are warning that America is dying. We are so decadent as a society that we don't even realize what a mess we are in. That is why it is happening. We have no understanding of history. As a result we are repeating the mistakes of the past. Just witness the quagmire in Iraq. It is a repetition of the Vietnam War. But who is out there saying so:

The US government is on a “burning platform” of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country’s top government inspector has warned.

David Walker, comptroller general of the US, issued the unusually downbeat assessment of his country’s future in a report that lays out what he called “chilling long-term simulations”.

These include “dramatic” tax rises, slashed government services and the large-scale dumping by foreign governments of holdings of US debt.

Drawing parallels with the end of the Roman empire, Mr Walker warned there were “striking similarities” between America’s current situation and the factors that brought down Rome, including “declining moral values and political civility at home, an over-confident and over-extended military in foreign lands and fiscal irresponsibility by the central government”.

“Sound familiar?” Mr Walker said. “In my view, it’s time to learn from history and take steps to ensure the American Republic is the first to stand the test of time.”