Everyone seems to affirm that we are in crossroads for the future of europe and maybe the world.After 20 years of capitalism without any kind of supervision from the goverments we are faced with a debt crisis that has endeangerd not only the global economy but also something even more important.
The survival of the middle and lower-middle classes.
Every expert,economic analyst and bank executive seem to blame for the enormous debt the states and especially the european states for spending too much.And where exactly did they spend to much?
Education,health,old age and unemployment benefits.They effectively tell us that these are the roots of the problem.So naturally the only solution is cuts to all of above.
The wealfare state that was built after WWII is in grave danger.It is accussed of being a debt generator and nothing else.
Everyone who has received unemployment benefits,schooling or access to national health system knows better.
We are at crossroads.Abandon the way that was laid by the first true radical liberal Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman that legislated the first state pension for people over 70 and was continued by the post war german socialiberalism, is what we are advised by many experts to do.What lays beyond for us is uncertain.
One thing is certain.Europe is quickly becoming a place full of highly educated and motivated people but all the same unemployed people.
And an educated and hungry person is very,very dangerous.
Remember 1848.They were at crossroads too!
Dedicated to Henry Campbell-Bannermann liberal prime minister of United Kingdom
I think it will be felt by the community as a whole as if they had lost a relative. Certainly those who have been associated with him closely for years will feel a deep sense of personal bereavement. I have never met a great public figure since I have been in politics who so completely won the attachment and affection of the men who came into contact with him. He was not merely admired and respected; he was absolutely loved by us all. I really cannot trust myself to say more. The masses of the people of this country, especially the more unfortunate of them, have lost the best friend they ever had in the high places of the land. His sympathy in all suffering was real, deep, and unaffected. He was truly a great man—a great head and a great heart. He was absolutely the bravest man I ever met in politics. He was entirely free from fear. He was a man of supreme courage. Ireland has certainly lost one of her truest friends, and what is true of Ireland is true of every section of the community of this Empire which has a fight to maintain against powerful foes."
David Lloyd George
The survival of the middle and lower-middle classes.
Every expert,economic analyst and bank executive seem to blame for the enormous debt the states and especially the european states for spending too much.And where exactly did they spend to much?
Education,health,old age and unemployment benefits.They effectively tell us that these are the roots of the problem.So naturally the only solution is cuts to all of above.
The wealfare state that was built after WWII is in grave danger.It is accussed of being a debt generator and nothing else.
Everyone who has received unemployment benefits,schooling or access to national health system knows better.
We are at crossroads.Abandon the way that was laid by the first true radical liberal Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman that legislated the first state pension for people over 70 and was continued by the post war german socialiberalism, is what we are advised by many experts to do.What lays beyond for us is uncertain.
One thing is certain.Europe is quickly becoming a place full of highly educated and motivated people but all the same unemployed people.
And an educated and hungry person is very,very dangerous.
Remember 1848.They were at crossroads too!
Dedicated to Henry Campbell-Bannermann liberal prime minister of United Kingdom
I think it will be felt by the community as a whole as if they had lost a relative. Certainly those who have been associated with him closely for years will feel a deep sense of personal bereavement. I have never met a great public figure since I have been in politics who so completely won the attachment and affection of the men who came into contact with him. He was not merely admired and respected; he was absolutely loved by us all. I really cannot trust myself to say more. The masses of the people of this country, especially the more unfortunate of them, have lost the best friend they ever had in the high places of the land. His sympathy in all suffering was real, deep, and unaffected. He was truly a great man—a great head and a great heart. He was absolutely the bravest man I ever met in politics. He was entirely free from fear. He was a man of supreme courage. Ireland has certainly lost one of her truest friends, and what is true of Ireland is true of every section of the community of this Empire which has a fight to maintain against powerful foes."
David Lloyd George
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