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Newsletter n. 26/2011
Newsletter n. 26/2011
Gli Stati Uniti impegnati in una battaglia impossibile per
pareggiare il bilancio
Il 1 luglio segna l'inizio dell'anno fiscale 2012 per 46 stati
americani, tutti impegnati nel tentativo di attuare misure per "gestire" i
debiti e le spese per le funzioni essenziali nel bel mezzo del crollo delle
entrate fiscali e dell'aumento della spesa sociale. Nonostante le prove sempre
più evidenti, gli amministratori non hanno ancora capito che l'austerità non
crea la crescita e non risolve i problemi.
Negli Stati Uniti a tutti gli stati, eccetto il Vermont, viene
chiesto per legge di "pareggiare" il bilancio e non viene loro consentito di
creare il credito, che è una prerogativa del governo federale. Negli ultimi tre
anni di crollo economico, gli stati hanno cercato di pareggiare il bilancio
tagliando un totale di 430 miliardi di dollari di spesa, nel disperato tentativo
di ridurre la spesa con la stessa velocità con cui crollavano anche le entrate.
Ma la situazione non è migliorata, al contrario.
In tutto il paese la spesa prevista per l'anno fiscale 2012 è
inferiore a quella del 2008. E anche coi tagli, si stima che nei 21 stati che
non hanno ratificato il bilancio entro metà giugno, la spesa prevista dovrà
subire un taglio di altri 103 miliardi di dollari. E questo senza contare la
spada di Damocle di svariati miliardi di passivi non finanziati per le pensioni,
prestiti presi per la cassa integrazione, ed altri obblighi. Il non pagamento di
questi ultimi farebbe saltare per aria il sistema finanziario in qualsiasi
momento.
A peggiorare le cose, il 30 giugno l'amministrazione Obama ha
deciso di annullare miliardi di dollari di aiuti federali agli stati, previsti
dal cosiddetto pacchetto di stimolo, che negli ultimi tre anni aveva garantito
un flusso totale di 150 miliardi di dollari dal centro alla periferia. Il 30
giugno scade anche il finanziamento straordinario a Medicaid (l'assistenza
sanitaria per gli indigenti) autorizzato nell'agosto 2010, che ha garantito 10
miliardi di dollari di risorse extra dal gennaio al giugno 2011. Sono colpiti
dalla mannaia dei tagli al bilancio anche i finanziamenti ai programmi per la
lotta contro l'AIDS.
Inoltre, Obama ha mantenuto il tasso di 75:25 per finanziare la
ricostruzione dopo i disastri (75% dal governo, 25% dagli stati) anche se
centinaia di contee e governi statali non hanno i mezzi per pagare le
devastazioni provocate dalle ultime settimane di tornado e alluvioni.
Nell'esaminare la situazione il 23 giugno, Lyndon LaRouche ha
fatto notare che c'è una "crisi costituzionale" e che "Obama è finito". Entro il
10 luglio, ha detto, a meno che non venga adottato qualche rimedio magico per
affrontare temporaneamente il problema, si disintegrerà l'intero sistema di
governo americano. Ma anche i rimedi magici hanno vita breve. Siamo al
capolinea. C'è bisogno di fondi federali per far funzionare gli stati, ma Obama
non li concederà, e per questo lui se ne deve andare e la Glass-Steagall deve
essere varata.
Jacques Attali svela le intenzioni "antidemocratiche"
dietro il costrutto UE
Che l'Unione Europea sia stata costruita con una strategia
deliberata di manipolazioni, ricatti, faits accomplis e menzogne vere e
proprie non era una novità. Tuttavia, un'altra conferma sconvolgente della
natura totalitaria di questo schema è stata data da Jacques Attali, uno dei
principali consiglieri del Presidente francese Francois Mitterrand, il 24
gennaio scorso, ad un incontro organizzato dalla leader del Partito Socialista
Francese Ségolène Royale.
Nel suo discorso, Attali ha esordito affermando che la crisi
attuale dell'Euro non solo era prevedibile, ma era stata prevista e perfino
pianificata, per arrivare ad una "forte federazione europea sul bilancio". Ha
ammesso: "Tutti coloro che, come me, hanno avuto il privilegio di tenere la
penna per scrivere la prima versione del trattato di Maastricht, hanno fatto in
modo che un'uscita non fosse possibile. Siamo stati ben attenti a evitare di
scrivere un articolo che consentisse ad uno stato membro di andarsene. Questo
non è molto democratico, ma è una garanzia per rendere le cose più difficili, in
modo che fossimo costretti ad andare avanti".
Fu Jacques Attali, nelle sue memorie ed altri scritti, a
confermare il ruolo abietto svolto da François Mitterrand nel costringere la
Germania ad accettare la valuta unica come precondizione affinché venisse
accettata la riunificazione nel 1989.
I critici della svolta antinucleare tedesca si tolgono i
guanti
Dopo un iniziale periodo di sbigottimento, l'opposizione alla
svolta antinucleare in Germania ha cominciato a farsi sentire. In una conferenza
pubblica a Dresda il 22 giugno, tre "dissidenti" democristiani, tra cui il
vicecapogruppo alla Camera Arnold Vaatz, hanno annunciato che voteranno contro
la legge il 30 giugno. Per quel giorno sono indette anche manifestazioni di
protesta di gruppi filonucleari a Berlino e per il 3 luglio una manifestazione
nazionale dei lavoratori del settore.
Nel frattempo, un grave incidente avvenuto il 20 giugno nello
stato dell'Assia ha esposto nuovamente i rischi delle "rinnovabili", nella
fattispecie l'eolico. Una gigantesca turbina eolica è caduta a Kirtorf, nel
Vogelsberg. L'intero rotore, con le sue tre ali e un diametro di 62 metri, è
caduto su una centrale con trasformatore distante cento metri (!) distruggendola
completamente. L'incidente ha isolato altre tre turbine dalla rete. La
conclusione logica sarebbe di staccare tutti gli impianti eolici per
precauzione, e condurre una seria verifica degli stessi.
Invece, a differenza di quanto è stato fatto per il nucleare
sull'onda dell'isteria per Fukushima, gli ambientalisti - compresi quelli che
gestiscono il parco eolico di Kirtorf e altri quattro nello stesso stato -
pretendono che non sia tratta alcuna conclusione da questo "evento insolito". Ma
il presidente della provincia di Vogelsberg, Rudolf Marx (CDU) ha comunque
chiesto la chiusura di tutti e 17 gli impianti eolici locali fin quando non sarà
completata l'inchiesta.
A Biblis, il sito di un impianto nucleare di 2.400 megawatt, il
capogruppo democristiano al comune, Hans-Micheal Platz, ha scritto su Twitter il
21 giugno che "con Merkel, la CDU è diventata la principale voltagabbana dai
tempi di Egon Krenz" - il funzionario che prese il comando del partito comunista
della DDR, la SED, nell'ottobre 1989, promettendo le "riforme" nel tentativo di
calmare le proteste di massa. Sappiamo come andò a finire e Krenz si dimise un
paio di settimane dopo. Platz ha detto in un'intervista radiofonica che
l'improvvisa svolta di Merkel sul nucleare, che distruggerà centinaia di posti
qualificati a Biblis, lo ha talmente infuriato che sta considerando di
stracciare la tessera di partito.
Anche gli oltre 800 addetti all'impianto nucleare di
Grundremmingen in Baviera sono in fermento. Il presidente del consiglio di
fabbrica ha scritto, a loro nome, un'animata "Lettera aperta al governatore
della Baviera Horst Seehofer". L'impianto di Grundremmingen fornisce il 30% del
fabbisogno energetico bavarese, fa notare. "Non riusciamo a capire come abbia
fatto l'intera elite politica a cadere nella trappola dell'ideologia verde.
Illusioni politiche, manipolazioni e inganni caratterizzano da anni il dibattito
energetico in Germania, e hanno raggiunto l'apice dopo Fukushima. Da esperti,
semplicemente non capiamo perché i fatti non contino più nelle decisioni
politiche, e perché la politica sia condotta solo secondo gli stati d'animo del
momento. La frettolosa uscita dal nucleare in Baviera e in Germania può essere
descritta solo come una reazione di panico".
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Tajiks Nab Afghan Smuggling Suspect
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