A Republic on Borrowed Time When Rome fell, it didn’t happen overnight. The decline unfolded over generations—political corruption, military overreach, and unsustainable debt eroded the empire’s foundations. The Senate kept promising more grain doles and free spectacles to keep the masses compliant. Sound familiar? Today, Washington operates on the same delusional formula: rack up trillions in liabilities, print oceans of fiat currency, and pretend we can buy prosperity forever. We now face $37 trillion in acknowledged debt, and when you factor in unfunded liabilities—Social Security, Medicare, and pension guarantees—the real number soars past $200 trillion. Meanwhile, a single Senate reconciliation bill proposes another $4–4.5 trillion in spending. Apologists swear it will “create jobs” and “stimulate growth,” but anyone with a…

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