Why are millions of people in Britain are persuaded that a collective punishment called austerity is necessary? Following the economic crash in 2008, a rotten system was exposed. For a split second the banks were lined up as crooks with obligations to the public they had betrayed. But within a few months - apart from a few stones lobbed over excessive corporate bonuses - the message changed. The mugshots of guilty bankers vanished from the tabloids and something called austerity became the burden of millions of ordinary people. Was there ever a sleight of hand as brazen? Today, many of the premises of civilised life in Britain are being dismantled in order to pay back a fraudulent debt - the debt of crooks. The austerity cuts are said to be £83 billion. Thats almost exactly the amount of tax avoided by the same banks and by corporations like Amazon and Murdochs News UK. Moreover, the crooked banks are given an annual subsidy of £100bn in free insurance and guarantees - a figure that would fund the entire National Health Service. The economic crisis is pure propaganda. Extreme policies now rule Britain, the United States, much of Europe, Canada and Australia. Who is standing up for the majority? Who is telling their story? Whos keeping record straight? Isnt that what journalists are meant to do? John Pilger
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 21:50:26 +0000
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