Charles Dickens Explains The Main Current Problem of the U.S. Economy and Government

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By Barry Rubin

"`My other piece of advice, Copperfield,' said Mr. Micawber, 'you know. Annual income 20 pounds, annual expenditure 19.19, result happiness. Annual income 20 pounds, annual expenditure 20.06, result misery. The blossom is blighted, the leaf is withered...and, in short, you are forever floored.'"

--Charles Dickens, David Copperfield