The world is saying something, but who's listening?

The Global Financial Crisis was a wave of fiscal disaster that has had many ongoing serious repercussions to this day. Everywhere you look, things look economically gloomy. Australia always likes to trumpet how well it surfed that wave, but that's not going to be any help if everywhere around us collapses. Still, the point I want to raise is a simple one - the general public across the first world is saying one, important, valid point - it's just a shame no-one's listening.

Having woes with austerity programs?

Are you a citizen of one of those nations hit hard by the GFC? Because of corrupt practices in the private financial sector, are you having to face major cuts to public sector spending? Is your governement made up of spineless cowards in the pocket of big business.

Then follow Iceland's lead and get your damn country back!

For inspiration, click here.

UPDATE: And a bit of insight into the situation in Greece here.

Time for change

A piece on the Occupy Wall Street movement, with a good linkstorm in the middle.

Alan Moore on austerity measures and protests.

I saw this recently, and with the various economic woes in the Eurozone and the US, I thought it relevant.


I saw footage of you recently campaigning against the closure of your local library. What are your thoughts on the cuts and the situation we're in?

"AM: I think it's completely indefensible. I think I understand what has been happening economically, pretty much since the collapse of the Berlin Wall. It's the bankers and financial institutions who have knowingly got us into this mess. Either they did knowingly or they were unbelievably stupid and incompetent. This is not even capitalism any more. Capitalism employs a rough and ready Darwinian survival of the fittest. The banks have become like monarchies. They are too big to fail, too big to punish. They are above parliament. Banks are treating themselves as if they were a new class of fiscal royalty. The kind of royalty they most resemble is Charles I. He was above parliament and not accountable for his lavishness. He put the pinch upon the country to the point where the poor people simply starved.

"No, this cannot be tolerated. You cannot have libraries, schools and things that people need for a basic standard of living taken away while George Osborne is making deals with companies to allow them to make better use of tax havens because they are threatening to take their business elsewhere. There are alternatives. We are not all in this together.

"I'm all in favour of anti-cuts demonstrations. And it's always very pleasing to see so many V for Vendetta masks in the crowd. I'm very proud of those boys and girls."

Dear Wall Street, you owe the US a future

In US news, 16 states so far have authorised a shift toward 4 day school weeks, because there just isn't the money to keep schools open. Check out this link, then check out the one I'm about to post. Makes for an interesting compare and contrast really.

Schools Nationwide Cutting Down to 4 Days a Week, Because Wealthy Refuse to Pay Fair Share | | AlterNet

Where does the money go? It doesn't arrive in the first place. It stays in the pockets of these thieves.

Bernie Sanders: "Guess Which 10 Companies Aren't Paying Their Share" | AlterNet

The sad thing, is this isn't about right vs left, or about capitalism vs socialism. It is simply about everyone paying their fair share, merely so the next generation chas a future.

Now, here's how you handle GFC debt!

Ever wonder why Iceland's GFC debt isn't in the news anymore? Because they dealt with it in a way the corporate overlords aren't happy with.

Why Iceland Should Be in the News, But Is Not

 

Go on Eurozone - jail the bastards!