Generalisimo Francisco Franco Is Still D.... oh, wait
this just in
[Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, former prime minister of Portugal] ...his message was blunt: “Look, if they do not carry out these austerity packages, these countries could virtually disappear in the way that we know them as democracies. They’ve got no choice, this is it.”
Other EU countries seeing public protests over austerity plans include Hungary, Italy and Romania, where public sector pay is to be slashed by 25 per cent.
... should serve as a warning to Britain of the perils of failing to tackle the deficit quickly.
... union barons across Europe were planning a co-ordinated ‘day of action’ against the cuts on 29 September, involving national strikes and protests.
See: The Road to Serfdom as a Comic Book
See also: History
“Toad to Serfdom” is worth reading. Here’s another take - the Reader’s Digest version:
It also includes the “comic book version”. The book was a best-seller back in 1945. Here’s the stats for today from Amazon:
“Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #4 in Books “
It’s the #1 non-fiction book.
The thing he warned us about (back in 1945) was the danger of Statism (government control of private-sector things, government planning, ...). In other words, about a lot of things we see hapening today.
Posted by ZZMike on 06/18/10 at 09:05 PM
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