domingo, maio 16, 2010

Para reflexão

"Germans lead gold rush frenzy" o objectivo não é ganhar dinheiro é defender o que se tem, sintoma de descrença e desconfiança. Nunca tiveram um chanceler FDR se não sabiam que estão encurralados e que nem o ouro os vai salvar.
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Os beneficiários dos OEs em cada país são como cucos normandos que açambarcam a riqueza criada em seu benefício à custa da impostação cada vez mais violenta aos saxões indefesos. "Lessons for the U.S. in Greece’s National Meltdown"
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"One in three Greeks works for the government. Government employees enjoy higher wages, more munificent benefits, and earlier retirements than private-sector employees. Civil servants can retire after 35 years of service at 80 percent of their highest salary and enjoy lavish health plans, vacations, and other perks. Because they are so numerous, and because Greece is highly centralized, public-sector unions hardly have to negotiate. They simply vote in their preferred bosses. Some civil servants receive bonuses for using computers, others for arriving at work on time. Forestry workers get a bonus for outdoor work.(Moi ici: Era capaz de jurar que isto também há por cá) All civil servants receive 14 yearly checks for twelve months’ work. And it’s almost impossible to fire them — even for the grossest incompetence.

Public-sector unions are growing in the U.S. More than 50 percent of all union members are now public employees, and their unions have negotiated sweet deals with local, state, and federal governments. As economic historian John Steele Gordon points out, “Federal workers now earn, in wages and benefits, about twice what their private-sector equivalents get paid. State workers often have Cadillac health plans and retirement benefits far above the private sector average: 80 percent of public-sector workers have pension benefits, only 50 percent in the private sector. Many can retire at age 50.” While private employers were shedding jobs during the recession, state and local governments hired 110,000 new workers." (Moi ici: Picanços e Avoilas are everywhere)
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A propósito da distribuição dos sacrifícios por todos: Quantos funcionários públicos estão no desemprego? "Impostos só descem se o Estado emagrecer"

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