… As always IF TRUE … but really does this sound familiar?
As a result, the Frech (American) government had to allocate a larger portion of its budget to paying interest (on the national debt). The treasury of France (America) was empty (emptied long, long ago) when Louis XVI (pick a President any President) ascended the throne (Presidency) of France (America), as the war (war(s) starting with World War II to the present day and stretching into the perpetual wars of The American Empire until the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Franks, Goths, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Huns and Vandals and other “immigrants” ) had drained the financial resources, and maintaining the Palace of Versailles (Washington, DC) also stretched the financial woes.
maybe 
A Slight Freshness on the Neck is in order.