O canário inglês

"When it comes to dealing with the deficit, both main parties are running scared. They are prepared to discuss spending reductions, but only in the way that 1950s Britain talked about sex: not in front of the children. Grown-ups know what's going on in private, but admit nothing in public, lest the little ones are shocked. As a result, there's a gaping hole where honesty should be. Neither side, it seems, has the courage to spell out what must be done to restore credibility. Fearing rejection by voters, they merely hint at it."
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"A shortage of taxes is not the problem. Spending has run out of control. Bear this in mind when you next hear the Prime Minister trying to bluff his way through awkward questions on budget cuts with waffle about additional levies on top-end earners."
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Trechos retirados de "Why is no one telling us the truth about spending cuts?"

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E como escreve Edward Hugh no Facebook:

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"the “snow-ball” effect on debt, i.e. the self-reinforcing effect of debt accumulation (or decumulation) arising from the spread between the interest rate paid on public debt and the nominal growth rate of the national economy. I the average interest rate paid on existing public debt ...is higher than the nominal GDP growth rate then government debt ratios will trend upwards even if both the primary fiscal balance and stock-flow debt adjustment is zero.

This is how financial crises become self fulfilling, and self perpetuating."

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BTW, repararam que Chavez desvalorizou a moeda nacional em 50%?!!!