"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Can the USA and Europe cut their way to economic prosperity? Probably not.



If British voters thought they had replaced the dour visage of Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown with an optimistic one in fresh-faced Tory David Cameron, they were sadly mistaken.

On June 7, the new PM Cameron brought down the hammer, telling the British public that the most urgent issue ahead "is our massive deficit and our growing debt.

How we deal with these things will affect our economy and our society, indeed our whole way of life." With a deficit set to top 11 percent of gross domestic product this year, and a debt of $1.12 trillion and rising,

Cameron prescribed a harsh regimen of spending cuts and possible tax increases. Tony Blair's motto was "Cool Britannia." Cameron's is likely to be "Austerity Now!"

most developed economies responded to the global financial crisis in 2008 and '09 with stimulus: They increased government spending and cut taxes.

In slack times, the government needs to fill in for diminished private demand. But 2010 is shaping up to be a year of parsimony.

To win support for an international bailout, Greece enacted a tough package of budget cuts and tax increases.

Spain's left-wing government at the end of May slashed civil-servant pay by 5 percent and froze pensions—even though one in five Spaniards is out of work.

Recently, German Chancellor Angela Merkel unveiled a $144 billion package that would raise taxes on airline flights and cut defense spending and public works—and Germany's deficit is a manageable 5 percent of GDP.

We're not hearing that kind of rhetoric in the United States yet, but the new austerity has crossed the pond.

Even though unemployment remains at 9.7 percent, a proposed jobs bill out of concern for the deficit. President Obama recently called for federal agencies to identify cuts of up to 5 percent in 2012.
States and cities are slashing budgets and raising taxes! Paul Krugman has called "the pain caucus" is in the ascendancy.

Many, especially slow-growing, highly indebted countries in southern Europe see austerity as a way to avoid the fate of Greece. Others are reacting to fears of stimulus-induced inflation.

So, my simple piece of word would be " Lets avoid the WAR!"

People ain't learning anything that WAR will and never would brings any balanced in their social life. and i better stop here.

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