Civil rights in crisis? Who will pay it?

In economic crisis times, the Spanish government is shocked. Inaction is the best word that describes the govern of Mr. Zapatero. Inaction and propaganda.

Mr. Zapatero’s economic measures are useless and the figures are proving that the crisis is deeper that expected. Today we know that the deficit has come to the Spanish accounts and this is only the last bad news. Deficit, unemployment, lack of money for financing (both on the public and on the private sector), bankruptcy of leader companies… This are the real consequences of the economic management of the Mr. Zapatero’s era. Consequences originated by the lack of action (and reaction) on the previous four years: no economic measure was taken on the first four years, and the socialist government lived and took profit of the heritage of the Aznar governments. There was no forecast, although all the indicators were pointing to the crisis. No forecast and action. Altough the “goosefeet” of the PP and famous economists wer saying that the crisis was coming.

Now, after the inaction, the propaganda of the socialists, Now they saying that, although there is an economic  crisis, the socialists are not resigning to go deeper on the “civil rights”. Nice, but… what are those civil rights? Because the civil rights on which the socialist government insisted on during the last years were the laicism, the gay marriage… But those do not costs too much money.

Today, Mr. Blanco, vice-general secretary of the PSOE; named the real civil rights the PSOE government is going to go deeper: scholarships, pensions. Mr. Blanco, at least, named them. The point here is..- who will pay it? Increasing the Spanish deficit is good, but there are limits, such as in any family economy. At the end, someone will pay it. More taxes, direct (VAT or IVA) or indirect (gasoline, tolls, etc.) Mr. Blanco not only need to say what are the “civil rights”; he need to explain who is going to pay them and how. That is: he have to resign doing propaganda and start explaining the Spanish society were the money will come to fund that rights.

Less propaganda and more action. And explanation. Mr. Blanco, “El ineto”, unfortunately, needs more evenings to study economics. As well as Mr. Zapatero.

~ by gerenton on July 21, 2008.