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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 1721202" data-attributes="member: 56035"><p>ive read joe stiglitz who i pretty much trust, and just read dean baker and they both said its poor policy on behalf of the banks themselves. they said they shrank greeces economy with austerity and its made the situation worse. </p><p></p><p>max keiser is also critical of the austerity and said its to keep the Euro low so germany can continue its exports. </p><p></p><p>noam chomsky said theres nothing in economic history to show austerity as a solution to a depression, and said its class war and they are destroying the rights europeans have fought for.</p><p></p><p>tariq ali said teh germans raided greeces gold in wwII and if they were to give it back, which greece has asked for, it would be worth way more than what is owed to the germans. he also said there is a democracy deficit in EU, cant recall but im sure it had something to do with central banks like ECB etc.</p><p></p><p>and chris hedges has said that the central banks are lending to ukraine no problem even though they know they wont be repaid. so he says its political, and i think it is too. theres no shortage of money for wars or expanding NATO in this case to russias borders.</p><p></p><p>check out steve keen too.</p><p></p><p>dont worry about US social security...i mean it will probably be cut just because thats always what happens to successful government programs for everyone. the rich dont like the ideology of "we all in this together / concern for my fellowman" and if the rich cut it, its less taxes for them.</p><p>anyways, social security is paid for by a regressive tax which tops out at 120k or something. if you get rid of the 120k cap, its fine for 75 years or something LOL.</p><p>it all depends if theres pressure on government to do the right thing or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 1721202, member: 56035"] ive read joe stiglitz who i pretty much trust, and just read dean baker and they both said its poor policy on behalf of the banks themselves. they said they shrank greeces economy with austerity and its made the situation worse. max keiser is also critical of the austerity and said its to keep the Euro low so germany can continue its exports. noam chomsky said theres nothing in economic history to show austerity as a solution to a depression, and said its class war and they are destroying the rights europeans have fought for. tariq ali said teh germans raided greeces gold in wwII and if they were to give it back, which greece has asked for, it would be worth way more than what is owed to the germans. he also said there is a democracy deficit in EU, cant recall but im sure it had something to do with central banks like ECB etc. and chris hedges has said that the central banks are lending to ukraine no problem even though they know they wont be repaid. so he says its political, and i think it is too. theres no shortage of money for wars or expanding NATO in this case to russias borders. check out steve keen too. dont worry about US social security...i mean it will probably be cut just because thats always what happens to successful government programs for everyone. the rich dont like the ideology of "we all in this together / concern for my fellowman" and if the rich cut it, its less taxes for them. anyways, social security is paid for by a regressive tax which tops out at 120k or something. if you get rid of the 120k cap, its fine for 75 years or something LOL. it all depends if theres pressure on government to do the right thing or not. [/QUOTE]
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