This Is What Societal Collapse Looks Like

TMO ^ | 4-4-2013 | Graham Summers

[blam]

This Is What Societal Collapse Looks Like

Politics / Eurozone Debt Crisis
April 04, 2013 - 05:54 AM GMT
By: Graham Summers

Add the total and complete hypocrisy of France to the list of reasons to avoid putting a cent in the EU.

We already know about Spain where Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was “allegedly” receiving bribes from property developers throughout the housing bubble… while THREE different treasurers have been accused of everything from money laundering to fraud.

Rajoy’s defense to the allegations? “I repeat what I said Saturday: everything that has been said about me and my colleagues in the party is untrue, except for some things that have been published by some media outlets.”

Then there’s Italy where Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has a track record a mile long (including numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, tax evasion, and collusion with the mafia).

Berlusconi’s latest charge is for bribing an Italian senator to change political sides. His defense? Bribery is a “necessary part of business.” Mind you, this is the same man who once called tax evasion a God-given “right.”

Now there’s France where we find out that the man in charge of catching those committing tax fraud was in fact engaged in massive tax fraud himself.

The French government is in crisis after François Hollande’s former budget minister and tax tsar was charged with tax fraud following a shock confession that he had held a secret foreign bank account for 20 years and had repeatedly lied about it.

Jérôme Cahuzac’s sudden admission that he hid €600,000 (£510,000) offshore for more than two decades is the biggest scandal to hit Hollande’s presidency.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/02/jerome-cahuzac-france-offshore-account

So… in the last few months we’ve discovered…

1) EU political leaders were on the dole during the boom times often receiving bribes and then hiding the money via tax evasion schemes.

2) EU political leaders feel it’s acceptable to throw out issues like personal property rights and Democracy during the bust times.

3) EU political leaders are so corrupt they don’t even deny their crimes.

4) When push comes to shove, EU leaders won’t hesitate to STEAL citizens’ money to bail out their banker friends.

(I've added my own outrage below)

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At this point, there is literally not one single reason to invest a cent in Europe. Banks are lying about their balance sheets. Politicians are lying about citizen’s rights. The Central Bank is lying about everything…

By the way, Germany’s minster of education recently quit when it was discovered that she plagiarized her PhD thesis.

This is what systemic collapse looks like. This is what happens when society as a whole breaks down. It’s now happening in Europe… the single largest economy in the world. And eventually it will be making its way around the world as the overleveraged financial system breaks down.

You DO NOT want to be on the bad end of this. What’s coming will make what happened following Lehman’s failure look like a joke.

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[Gaffer]

You don’t have to go to Europe, Cyprus, Spain, or Greece to see the collapse that is coming. It is here. Every day in our grocery stores with millions and millions charging off food (lots of junk food) on EBT cards the rest of us have to pay for.

[circlecity]

This is the face of post-modernism. Once you throw out moral absolutes then anything can be rationalized.

[Red Badger]

The world financial system is like a giant game of Jenga. Pull out one block at a time until it topples........

[Terry Mross]

Add to that the price of groceries going through the roof. A can of green beans my wife always buys has jumped from 67 cents to 80 cents in the last two weeks. A head of lettuce has jumped from $1.21 to $1.50 in that same time. Either the prices have and are going up or the packages are getting smaller but cost the same as the larger package. Times is about to get tougher. Just like obama planned.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Two women were walking through Hawley on the morning of Sept. 7 when they noticed a naked man who appeared to be covered in blood standing in the shadows of a garage near a vacant home at 521 Hudson St. They moved on but Nancy Dean-Corino was tackled a few minutes later. She testified in October that Mr. Cimino wrapped his arms and legs around her and she felt something gnawing on her head. After his grip loosened and Ann Monaghan was able to get a good look at her friend, she saw Ms. Dean-Corino was covered in blood but none of it was her own. It all came from Mr. Cimino, who had deep wounds on his hands and arms that left muscle tissue exposed.

[Gaffer]

I buy groceries for my wife and I.....a good gallon of milk is more than a gallon of gas, and bacon worth anything is $6 or more for a pound.....these EBTs don’t even look at the price...they let the cashier tell them how much over they are then they sort out what they want put back on the shelves.

[blam]

"A head of lettuce has jumped from $1.21 to $1.50 in that same time"

It was $2.49 here at a local produce market and $1.79 at the local Wal-Mart.

[Graewoulf]

Future of Obamanation Counterculture File.

[immadashell]

François Hollande’s former budget minister and tax tsar was charged with tax fraud following a shock confession that he had held a secret foreign bank account for 20 years and had repeatedly lied about it.

This could never happen in the U.S., not with upstanding guys like Tim Geitner as Secretary of the Treasury.[tiny bit of sarc]

[grobdriver]

It was $2.49 here at a local produce market and $1.79 at the local Wal-Mart.

It was relatively free from my back yard the other night.
Was good on the burgers.

[hattend]

You DO NOT want to be on the bad end of this.

What's the good end?

[Terry Mross]

Grocerie prices are going up drasctically but it’s not reported. And if it’s not reported it’s not happening as far as obama worshippers are concerned. They have no idea why they’re outgo has increased and don’t care.

And their insurance premiums are going up but that’s okay, too. And, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE how much gasoline costs?

[Terry Mross]

I’m gardening but didn’t plant any lettuce. Now I’m wishing I had. I know I’m not saving much money...yet. But I’m learning and the savings will come at harvest. I hope I get more out than than I’ve put in.

[azcap]

I believe that grocery market is nearing a tipping point where a largest enough percentage of the buyers are no longer paying with their own money and therefore do care about price. This causes rapid inflation in the market. Groceries may be about to go the way of college tuition and medical costs and for the exact same reason.

[Terry Mross]

Are you saying that if it happens no one will be able to buy groceries without taking out a Stafford loan?

[Terry Mross]

Where are you?

[grobdriver]

Yep.
We're calling this "practice" - and if/when we really need it, we'll have figured it out.

The lettuces have turned out to be the less fussy of everything!

[blam]

"Where are you?"

Mobile. To hot and humid for lettuce.

[azcap]

Or as a gal I know said the other day - “just a get a Pell Grant - It’s free money.!”