THE VOICE OF REASON ‘In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.’ Confucius While I am not decrying the good that some governments may do, they are the cause of many of their countries woes. However blatant the truth may be, in trying to justify their policies and actions, political speeches are a mishmash of contradictions. The governments of the world have their methods of relieving the man in the street of his earnings. Not even death is an excuse for not contributing to the bottomless pit where the all-consuming tax-dragon lies in wait. Each country’s economy is at the mercy of its government. Around the world, and usually in unison, governments either release money into the economy or withhold it. When money is released the people prosper, but are soon enticed to overextend themselves and get into debt. The governments then withdraw money from the economy and the people begin to perish. Their possessions and their property are soon devoured by the very finance houses that enticed them into the debt lair. As George Bernard Shaw so aptly put it, ‘A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.’ But then one begins to wonder if the government itself is not actually Paul, who orchestrates everything in its own favour. Governments in collaboration with big business, for political and economic reasons that are usually based on lies, declare wars on other countries. Thus they sentence people to death rather than resolve the conflict they created. Despite the fact that defence means to protect, to guard against harm, defence forces are sent across borders to invade other countries, usually those rich in minerals or oil. While the conscienceless corporates rape and plunder, the lives of citizens are devastated and destroyed. Unfortunately, people pay the price for the wealth Nature so generously buried deep in the soil. Linda Smith https://lindasmithinspiration.wordpress/latest-articles/
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 19:16:06 +0000
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