Steven Shaneyfelt Professor Mahaffey ENGL-1102-005 February 17, 2013 The gists of my sources. 1.

The over-extended military of Rome America both provoked adversaries to attack them 2. Government corruption is easily seen in America and was just as visible in ancient Rome. 3. Immigration of hostile peoples into Rome stalled the systems in place to keep order. In the USA immigrants that dont follow the law has degraded my cities. 4. Birth control slowed birthrates of Romans encouraging the adversaries of Rome with higher populations to invade the smaller Roman population. America has comparatively just started to shrink the population and is about to see the consequences. 5. The elimination of the middle class in Rome increased the dependence of the poor on the rich making the rich more powerful than the rest of the populous. America is seeing the same problem and is not helping the middle class but hurting it. 6. Obsession with entertainment in Rome was just as great as seen in America. The obsession blinds the populous to what is important in the government. 7. Redistributing of wealth in Rome caused poor people in Rome to be lazy and not be productive making crime rampant. The same is going on in America laziness is creating more not less dependency and more crime.

8. Exporting culture to other parts of the empire distracted the Romans form what was important to the places they occupied and created resentment. Same with the US they export things that are important to them and not what is important where they are. 9. The morality that has obviously declined in the USA also plagued Rome when they were declining. 10. Inflation made the trust in Rome plummet and the financial stability do the same. America has obviously seen inflation affect the trust and stability in the economy. Top ten similarities between the fall of Rome and the fall of America. HotBedInfo. WordPress & Atahualpa, n.p. 29 June 2011 web. 27 Feb. 2013

The business world also sees the similarities between Rome and Americas economic fall. They see that the policies put in place in America are policies the Romans implemented to help jumpstart the economy. America has the largest debt in the world but has nothing to show for it but slow recoveries and high unemployment. The same happened in Rome the debt was the greatest in the world but the economy as a whole was declining with a growing amount of unemployed. Even though time has passed since the Roman Empire the same economic principles apply. Why the U.S. economy parallels Ancient Rome Financial Post. National Post John Shamuel 15 Feb, 2012 web. 17 Feb, 2013

The USA needs to educate its people so that they will be responsible to not go down the path of Rome. The path of moral decay and lack of fiscal responsibility helped the Romans destroy themselves more than others. If you dont think America can fall, get out some books and start reading. Our country is decaying, How can we fix it? We can fix it because we are smart Ben Carson Speech White house prayer breakfast. White house. 12 Feb, 2013

When Rome was prospering selfless leaders were in charge leading the new Empire to prosperity. Likewise in America the leaders of the new country were selfless individuals that put their country before themselves and had no other motive other than making America great. Since the beginning of this country many selfish people see these new positions of power and take advantage of that power to prosper themselves. The same happened with Rome the leaders who had power to prosper themselves and did not help the people they were supposed to left their area of government in shambles. Lessons for America, courtesy of the Roman empire Walter Isaacson The New York Times The New York Times Company 11 May, 2007 web. 17 Feb. 2013