Cicero was a hypocritical knob unfortunately. One minute 'the people!' the next 'oh no the Republic!'. The Romans were incredibly fickle and Cicero was no exception.
No it doesn't, I'll agree to that lol. It's incredibly true, though why Cicero thought he had any right to complain about that when he was a politician as well is beyond me.
I was having a debate about the Romans with my history teacher and he just groaned when I mentioned Cicero.
^when a republican sees something that he cant deny and actually has to respond but cant seem to figure out a way to really argue so just kind of half agrees and gives an anecdotal response that really doesnt forward any conversation about the op lmao
I'm not the one denying the existence of taxpayer funded programs for working by poor. I have a disabled relative that benefits from one of the programs. I just sent you one of the funnier ones.
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Everyone who is consuming is a taxpayer (VAT), and the less you earn, the more taxes you pay relatively to your income. The antipode of taxpayers and poor people is just a propaganda lie by the rich (who always pay the least taxes). Every rich persons wealth is composed of poor peoples depts, so without poor, there wouldn't be rich and without rich, there wouldn't be poor.
I was having a debate about the Romans with my history teacher and he just groaned when I mentioned Cicero.