VOTE OXI
As the referendum approaches, the call to vote NO becomes
more pressing, more urgent, and more crucial to the Future of Greece and to the
Greek people.
No is the only weapon in the arsenal of Alexis Tsipras.
However, if it is deployed properly, it is the only weapon Greece will need.
That the creditors want to be payed is understandable.
However, there is a more important issue beneath it all. The issue that is
sustaining the European Economic Crisis.
Here is the metaphor. Mr. Greek
is shopping in Merkel’s Department store.
Merkel will everything she can to keep Mr. Greek’s credit card
functioning.
Here is the literal:
- Chancellor Merkel does not want to lose her grip on the EuroCrats.
- Chancellor Merkel does not want to lose control of Paradigm.
- Chancellor Merkel wants to keep the Euro weak.
- A weak Euro benefits Germany.
When I hear the announcement that Merkel “urges Greece to
accept this generous offer”, red flags of danger spring up. There is only just so many times one can here
this over the course of half a century before it becomes a danger sign.
Creditors want Greece to stay in the Euro. That is crucial to maintaining control not
only over Greece, but also control over some, if not all, of the other nations.
Austerity has kept the Greek people shackled to poverty by
keeping the Greek people shackled to poverty programmes.
The debt we keep hearing about is Sovereign Debt. The issue the EuroCrats keep raising is
contagion. The real problem is deeper
than that.
If Greece defaults on its
loans, the lenders who do not receive their money will go to the ECB for “bailout”
money.
The metaphor? The ECB can put out a small fire in Greece or
put out many fires throughout the EuroUnion; But more important [and NOT more
importantly] Greece needs capital investment, economic development, and
growth.
Solving the debt crisis does not solve the economic
crisis. That deception is the linguistic
legerdemain that has fueled the fires of the economic crisis for the purpose of
keeping the Euro weak for the purpose of aiding Chancellor Merkel’s
economy.
If Greece says NO, Chancellor
Merkel will lose her grip over the EuroCrats.
In 2013 I wrote Merkel’s Big Lies. The list of 10 is a list of
propaganda tactics used in political manipulation. The most telling, however, is Big Lie #
10. In this I said:
“I have long since
projected that China will spearhead a group of "Pledge Nations" that
will create a Global Sovereign Investment Fund that will infuse money into the
Economy of Europe, into the hands of People, not into the hands of bankers to
improve the financial position of big lenders and their big investors.”
In my PowerPoint Programme, “The Multiplier Effect” I demonstrated the importance of capital investment, economic development, and growth to the merchants whose shops line the streets in any city. Whether in America, Greece, England, or anywhere else, this is the self-sustaining paradigm of SMEs.
If the EuroCrats won’t do it, if the EuroCrats don’t do it,
China can and China will.
This I wrote over 2 years ago.
It is important to the future well-being of Greece and the
future well-being of the Greek people that the ground rules of capital
investment be established before the bargain hunters arrive to benefit from
investing in the Greek economy for their benefit, not yours.
Sincerely,
Slim.
Copyright © 2015 Bob Asken writing as Slim Fairview
All rights reserved.
The real issue with austerity as a solution arises from what is being cut. Eg. A multi-billion dollar space project would be an area for cutting to bring spending in line with revenue. However, you cannot cut wages, fire people, raise taxes, and call it a solution. In addition Austerity has been a one pronged approach. And a one pronged approach is not a solution--it is a weapon. In addition, consider this: with a population of a bit more than 11, million and an unemployment rate of 25% it is simplistic to say raise the retirement age. However, if, say, 50.000 people don't retire this year, 50.000 people remain unemployed. For the purposes of discussion only. Your choice--pay unemployment benefits or pay retirement benefits? Greece cannot solve a debt crisis until it solves the economic crisis. That mandates capital investment, economic development, and growth. Austerity serves only to sustain the crisis to keep the Euro weak to aid Merkel's economic well-being. Good for Merkel, bad for Europe. Regards, Slim.
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