Dear Friends,
It seems to me, that with elections coming up in the Netherlands in June, it would be wise for the people to look at all options. Libertarian ideas like the International Capitalist Party especially.
The socialists and communists call themselves center left and anyone else far right. With control of the media and mass entertainment the Elite has quite a lot of control of trends in thought. The Elite always use their power to enhance their power. They do not want any populist movement to get under way. Especially a movement that espouses liberty and freedom from government intrusion.
Government intrusion is what socialists, communists and progressives do best. They intrude into yours and my lives. They look deeply into our ways of living and if they are displeased… They pass a law. Forbidding or taxing to penalize to stop our displeasing behavior.
I am not surprised that anyone in Europe who wants to install some sane control on immigration is vilified as a hater. They must hate or else they would let unlimited immigration. This is only an underhanded way of stopping debate. Debate over a very important subject.
Like the guy who cajoles another guy into putting a gun in his mouth and pulling the trigger. “Go ahead, we have all done it, you want to fit in don’t you? There is only a one in six chance the gun will go off. Go ahead, it will be the thrill of your life.” Yea, go ahead. Does that seem smart to you? Where is the upside to the bet? There is none. The payoff is proof that you are stupid or the bill is death. Where is the payoff?
With Greece poised to collapse financially, the Euro Dollar is poised to take a large hit, then the entire Euro zone’s economies are imperiled. The default of Greece would certainly bring one of the other piigs nations into the spotlight. The pattern has already shown itself in the collapse of Bear Stearns… If They fall like dominos the Euro Dollar as a store of value will be destroyed. At least for awhile. This puts every nation that participates in the Euro Dollar in a perilous position.
More loans to Greece are completely absurd. Raising taxes is almost as foolish. The only way is to cut spending by the Greek government. Cut in a draconian way. Draco was Athenian so…
Another way the Greek government could get the economy going is to, clean up the government, reduce regulation on small business, improve revenue streams to people who want to start small companies, sell national utilities, etc… In short, everything the Greek government cannot do with the large communist and socialist contingent it is burdened with.
Raising taxes slows the economy and puts the Greek economy in a further diminished position. In the world markets but especially the local European markets. The Greek relative advantage will go down worsening the unemployment situation.
But unfortunately the people of the Netherlands have had their horses tied to not only to the Greek wagon, but to Spain‘s, Italy‘s, Ireland’s and Portugal’s as well. Further integration into the Euro zone should be thought out very well and taken very slowly. The crisis we have been discussing is a very bright red flag.
National sovereignty is important for the fact that it gives a multitude of political classrooms to show what works and what doesn’t. Communists, socialists and progressives cannot abide the system they espouse standing up against a capitalist one. The standard of living in the capitalist one outshines the statist vision by orders of magnitude. Let alone the standard of freedom that capitalist nations afford their people.
Freedom is a critical step in a person climbing to his or her potential. Missing rungs in the ladder are only a challenge. No ladder at all is insurmountable.
