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Parties on the red-hot roof

Student demo in Pisa
(03:22)

Students and research workers protesting on the roofs are receiving visits from politicians. Gentlemen around 60 years old are climbing up ladders with the youthful self-confidence and the smile of Italians on an outing. The protest of the young people has become a catwalk for them. The moderate newspaper highlights Bersani’s lopsided cigar, whereas the progressive newspaper highlights Vendola’s ear-ring. There’s already a queue at the bottom of the ladder, Veltroni is getting in some training, he can’t wait, but even Casini, Bindi, and incredibly, Fini want to take a stab at the solemn activity of climbing. It’s an elegant way of getting to know the roofs from where the helicopters will lift off, the helicopters that will take them away to safety the next time there’s a default. A general rehearsal.
The research workers are a bit lost, they have been taken by surprise. “The ladder-climbers that are expressing their solidarity – are they not the same ones who have been living off politics for thirty years, right at the time that the public education system has been destroyed?" Assassins and politicians always go back to the scene of the crime. If I were in the shoes of the research workers on the roofs, I would ask a question of the current politician: "Why is it that your “cazzo” party, together with the other ones that get a billion euro in public financing under the guise of election expenses has not destined that money for Research?” The response, since the time of Craxi and the Christian Democrats, going through to Castelli and D'Alema has always been “politics has a cost”. If that’s so, let them be the ones to pay.
The 5 Star MoVement has refused one million seven hundred thousand in financing. Let the parties do the same and let them hand over the billion euro in the State coffers that is available to “Tremorti” for public education. The well informed research worker could ask other questions, perhaps uncomfortable ones: “How many people in your party have earned their pension in two and a half years? Public financing of newspapers (*) amounting to 330 million euro – who voted for that a few days ago? The Fiscal Shield that has rewarded tax dodgers – why did it get passed thanks to the votes of the government benches and the absence of the Opposition?" A blush could appear on Bersani’s face or perhaps not. Anyone who has a face like their bum has an incorporated sun-shield against shame.

Right now, there are demonstrations all over - from Venice to Milan to Pisa, where they have established the occupation of the Tower.

I invite the security forces NOT to beat up the students. Citizens are not to be hit. It’s the delinquents that need to be sought out.

(*)apart from il Fatto Quotidiano

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Comments

The Euro is Dead, Long Live the ... er ... Lira ?

What a crying shame.

Italy is at long last waking up and doing what it should have done 10 years ago.

Sure, the economy crisis has helped italians to wake up, but so has the obvious everyday corruption that goes on in the government and in the industrial sectors.

The crying shame, is that Italy will be rid of Berlusconi within the next 3 months, just in time to come face to face with the mother of economic collapses after being expelled from the Eurozone using the Euro.

And this will hit Italy especially hard due to it's unpreparedness and complete inefficiency in being able to compete in the global markets of today.

Here is the scenarion to come:

The Euro is falling to bits, and when it disintegrates, Spain will be the first country to get hit. After Spain, the UK will get double hit due to it's investments in the Spanish banks.

BUT .... the UK does not have the Euro but pound sterling, and the grind there will be much less than ... guess where ... Germany.

And after Germany gets hit, Italy will find itself in a right mess.

The problem here is that if countries such as Germany oppose bailouts for weaker countries, which are not prepared to implement austere measures, then Italy will be in a real mess.

More austere measures than those being implemented now in Italy ?

Well, get rid of the corrupt politicians, sort out corrupted industrial managers and bankers, fix the black economy and get everyone to pay taxes - Italy could be sailing.

But Mussolini is long dead and burried, and there is no sign of any saviour government to be - whoever they will be post Berlusconi.

So what will the final countdown bring ?

The Euro will not dissappear as there are too many cross border investments, but what will happen is that of the 16 eurozone countries now using the Euro some will be expelled:
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Italy
Ireland
and possibly Belgium.

When this happens and Italy brings back the old Lira, then more woes will come as interest rates will have to rise in order to attract foreign investments.

So what is the solution ?

Quite simple actually.

If Italy tried really hard, it could become the power generator for the rest of Europe with wind and solar generated energy for sale, which would open jobs for milions and could be the backbone of the economy.

And once Italy gets rid of useless idiots such as Bondi and Brambilla, even tourism could start to bring in more money than Fiat and Gucci.

Who could do this ?
Mussolini, because Italians need a dictator to make them run on time.
Bersani is too soft, Vendola too democratic, Berlusconi too corrupt and incompetent, and Fini has too many political junkies surrounding him to be able to make a clean slate.

But ... here is what could work:

Bring in the Swedes to run the government
Get the English to take over industrial production
Turn justice over to the Swiss
Let Austrians run tourism
Germans to manage all public sectors from health to transport
And enforce a task force made up of highly paid Ukranians to go after the mafia

Oh, and also find the best people from MIT to sort out the universities system.

Good luck Italy !

Keyser Soze

Posted by: Keyser Soze | November 28, 2010 03:37 AM