Very frightening happenings in Europe. Ireland voted no to the second Lisbon Treaty and rather than accepting our democratic decision our government was told to run the referendum again this time accompanied by a massive campaign of scaremongering until the population returned the voted they wanted.

The Greek Prime Minister is forced to resign a couple of days after being summoned and told to reverse his decision to ask the Greek people's opinion on the austerity measures being demanded. The Italian Welfare Ministers breaks down in tears as she details the cuts she has been told to make.

Here in Ireland our "government" is paying billions to secondary bondholders (read: Gamblers) while piling indirect taxes and massive cuts in public spending upon a population already struggling to keep their heads above water. In the last 200 years only one country in the world has pulled itself out of a recession by taxing its population and cutting spending, that was England during the Industrial Revolution. Welcome to Corporate Europa where even the illusion of democracy is now no longer necessary

The kicker is the people do not control goverment spending, but they get taxed if the people they vote for "do favors" with taxpayer money. And the banks get to lend lend lend and get to dip their hands deeper and deeper in taxpayer money, as more and more tax is used to pay off debt.