Death of democracy in Europe, page 2
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reply posted on 17-11-2011 @ 08:26 PM by DrNotforhire
reply to post by ColCurious



I can see that I was in Germany and the rest of Europe this year, seems like you Germans got your items in line..... Holding up the EU in my opinion well... you and Spain ha


reply posted on 18-11-2011 @ 02:23 PM by bone13
reply to post by Atzil321



HELLO your tax dollars, for the last 60 years, is over there, we have been losing our retirement future becase the CONRESS have had Europe, and most of asia as a welfare state, now we have no cash to send them and guess what, read the headlines, and you want 4 more year of this,


reply posted on 5-12-2011 @ 10:00 AM by SeekerofTruth101
Let's take a clinical approach to the latest proposal by those supposed leaders to save EU.

1. They disband democracy to allow outsiders to determine the national budgets of EU sovereign states because:-

a. Those economic leaders had failed to balance their budgets and probably had misused billions, if not trillions of precious funds through ineptitude, corruption,cronyism and collusion with banks/Corps.

Blame those leaders whom had failed, and now need outsiders to do the job for them.

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2. The fear of outsiders doing the job is that they may have no empathy for citizens. They are, after all, only bean counters where everything is defined as a number and not lives, nor care about the impact their 'solutions' may have on human lives.

The rational and only thing to do 'by the book' is to cut spending, so that tax revenues can then be used to pay off loans.

Unfortunately, if it was only so easy to go 'by the book', financial crisises would never had happened in the first place.

By cutting spending, hoarding up revenue to pay off loans, it will mean little or none will be left for public expenditure. The size of sovereign debt interest alone more than takes up all revenues earned from GDP. Worse is that paying off interest would means the capital sum WOULD NEVER be paid back, and generations will forever be enslaved.

Public expenditure is not just about paying off civil servants. Much of those funds goes into education, providing utilities to citizens, subsidizing high costs of healthcare to the poor, social benefits to help those fallen on the wayside to temporary tide over hard times, for the aged whom are too old to work to have a meal or two, etc.

Once that is cut, think of the horrors that would befall society. Every human will become enslaved. His labour belongs to debts. Taxes will be high. Children will have no or little value education. The sick left to die. The poor and aged left to die.

Without motivation, there will be nationalism pride, except for a free for all society, to rob, intimidate, and scam others in order to survive.

I can go on. But you will get the drift... Fiscal Totalitarianism is not the way to go. Even if the outsiders were genius, they know not the citizens whom they willl need to support the economy, or are too high in their ivory towers, out of the touch of the common suffering citizens.

Hang ( figuratively) the leaders, say no to repayment or at least moratorium of 30 yrs interest free, and choose amongst own citizens for an administrators to guide a better direction for foreign investments into ready laid infrastructure to generate jobs and wealth for all, rationally, sensibly, and honestly. This is the only way, or europe will burn...


reply posted on 5-12-2011 @ 10:27 AM by SeekerofTruth101
Democracy may had ended with classical greece, but its idealogy of freedom will never die out until the last human dies.

Foreign investments will save Europe now. Foreign investments does not mean selling away national assets. It's only how one thinks out of the box to have a win win solution for both citizens and foreign investors.

There was a report that Greece had problem buying fuel for its national utilities expenditure from international markets because of its credit standing, or the lack of it, which deterred sellers whom will take no more credit lines from Greece.

This will be what happens to nations whom default. But it is not and need not be the end.

In Greece case, all it needs to do is to sell off its power generation infrastructure to private investors, BUT only for a limited term of perhaps 30 yrs and then it reverts back to the People, akin to a lease than outright sale. This way, the investors will get returns from payment by citizens for generating power, and foreign investor would have better credit rating than Greece to purchase oil on the open market.

If one investor turns away, there are many more deep pocket others, and the kind of perks and priviledges Greece can offe, without sacrificing soveriegnity, or forcing citizens to pay exhorbitant prices for private enterprise power generation, seeking only for stable returns and not casino profits.

Same with govt land, and even private enterprises such as vineyards even if privately local owned, for the gov can determine the kind of ownership allowed in its country - freehold or leasehold. Leasehold is always best, for it will be reverted back to the People, generations later, and not owned by foreigners.

Where is true leadership when one needs them????


reply posted on 5-12-2011 @ 11:11 AM by daskakik
Originally posted by Asktheanimals
The main difference I can see between us is that we're still allowed to own firearms while all of Europe has been disarmed long ago.


Why do Americans believe that they are the only ones allowed to have guns?

There are 7 million privately owned firearms in Italy and 2.5 million in Greece.
Guns in Italy
Guns in Greece

While these numbers seem small compared to the US their governments have less guns then those in civilian hands. The heavy artillery is what makes the difference and your not allowed that either.

Besides, all this was done without a single shot, including the super congress. Got to hand it to them they have learned how to up the heat without things boiling over.

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