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22.5.2012 | 16:15
Um forseta vorn og fósturjörš
Birtist fyrst ķ Morgunblašinu 22. maķ 2012.
Aldrei kaus ég karlinn sem pólitķkus. En ég kaus hann sem forseta og sé ekki enn eftir žvķ. Vegna žess aš hann hefur stašiš meš žjóš sinni og hagsmunum hennar gegnum žykkt og žunnt undanfarin misseri. Veriš eins og klettur ķ hafinu, jafnvel į erlendri grund frammi fyrir skęšustu hįkörlum heimspressunnar. Og hagsmunagęzla hans, žjóš sinni til handa į hinum mestu ögurstundum hennar ķ seinni tķš, veršur honum ęvinlega til sóma.Žessi breytni Ólafs forseta hefur hins vegar oršiš andstęšingum hans, sem aš uppistöšu til eru fylgismenn rķkisstjórnarinnar, Icesave-samninganna og ESB-ašlögunnarinnar, tilefni til aš vęna hann um aš breyta ešli embęttisins og vķkja žvķ frį hlutverki sameiningar. Gera žaš pólitķskt. Honum er eignaš žaš andrśmsloft sem nś rķkir ķ samskiptum forsetaembęttisins og rķkisvaldsins. Žarna er ķ fararbroddi stór og frķšur flokkur fjölmišlafólks, sem gefur okkur um žessar mundir hina efnilegustu sżnikennslu ķ žvķ hvernig nota mį žaš feikilega vald sem fjölmišlar hafa ķ raun. ž.e.a.s. misnota!Forsetanum ber aš gęta fullveldisréttinda almennings.Grunntónninn er s.s. sį aš embęttiš sé ekki lengur sameiningartįkn žjóšarinnar, žökk sé afskiptum Ólafs af žjóšmįlunum. Hér mį benda į ķ žessu sambandi aš samkvęmt stjórnarskrį žeirri sem enn er ķ gildi er žaš beinlķnis skylda forsetans aš beina įkvöršunarvaldi, um stór hagsmunamįl hennar sem įgreiningur kann aš vera um, til žjóšarinnar sjįlfrar. Og Ólafur hefur unniš vel vinnuna sķna, ķ samręmi viš žessa verklżsingu.Ešli mįlsins samkvęmt eru žessi tvö hlutverk, annars vegar sameiningartįkniš sem vissulega er ęskilegt śt af fyrir sig og hins vegar sś hagsmunagęsla žjóšarinnar og lżšręšisins sem stjórnarskrįin kvešur į um, illa samręmanleg ef reynir į žaš sķšarnefnda. Og jafn lķtilmannlegt og žaš er, reyna nś žau öfl sem oršiš hafa undir meš mįlstaš sinn fyrir skikkan forsetans okkar aš klķna žvķ į Ólaf aš honum sé um aš kenna aš ekki sé eining mešal žjóšarinnar.En hvernig getur forsetinn veriš sakašur um aš hverfa frį hlutverki sameiningartįknsins, žegar hann var žó ašeins aš vinna vinnuna sķna skv. stjórnarskrįnni? Og žaš aš beišni tugžśsunda kjósenda? Full įstęša er til aš vķsa sök į žessari óeiningu heim til föšurhśsanna. Til Alžingis og rķkisstjórnarinnar og allra žeirra sem reyndu meš öllum rįšum aš sökkva Ķslendskum almenningi aš ósekju ķ skašręšis skuldafen, ķ žeim tilgangi aš liška fyrir ESB-ašlögunarferlinu, sem aldrei hefur žó veriš samžykkt af žjóšinni sjįlfri enda ekki eftir žvķ leitaš.Hluti žingmanna Sjįlfstęšisflokks brįst ķ Icesave-mįlinu.Žarna var žaš ekki stjórnarandstašan sem dugši til varnar. Žaš gerši ašeins Ólafur forseti. Fyrir hans tilstilli gat žjóšin hrundiš žessari ógešfelldu ašför aš henni. Žaš er rétt sem Ólafur segir aš komandi kosningar verša prófsteinn į gęši fjölmišlanna. En žeir eru nś žegar margir farnir aš falla į žvķ prófi, m.a. meš žvķ aš snśa öllu į haus og klķna öllum žessum ófarnaši į reikning Ólafs.Žvķ mišur er sjįlf žjóšareignin, nefskattsmišillinn (RŚV) žar į mešal. Ekki einasta keppist žessi frķši flokkur viš aš rakka nišur sitjandi forseta og nśa honum um nasir hinum fjölskrśšugasta breyskleika, heldur er um leiš rękilega muliš undir einn mótframbjóšanda hans, sem raunar kemur einmitt śr žessum sama fjölmišlaflokki. Žessum frambjóšanda er jafnvel hjįlpaš til aš hylma yfir pólitķska fortķš sķna. Svo neyšarlega vill hins vegar til aš nokkuš augljósar stašreyndir tala allt öšru mįli en žessi frambjóšandi og frķši flokkurinn hans, um tengsl hans viš annan stjórnarflokkanna.Meš afneitun sinni er žessi frambjóšandi, įsamt fylgismönnum, nįnast aš segja hreint śt aš stunduš sé alvarleg sögufölsun į vefmišlinum »timarit.is«, žar sem finna mį żmsar upplżsingar, ekki hagfelldar žeim. Ég spyr, hvaša erindi eiga žeir į Bessastaši sem reyna aš ljśga sig frį fortķš sinni? Žess utan er fullljóst, meš fullri viršingu fyrir mörgu žvķ annars įgęta og frambęrilega fólki sem ķ hlut į, aš mótframboš gegn sitjandi forseta į žessum tķmapunkti er annaš og meira en fallegar fjölskyldumyndir.Hér eru klįrlega pólitķsk öfl og pólitķsk sjónarmiš į feršinni. Ég trśi žvķ vel aš Ólafi gangi gott eitt til žegar hann kżs aš bjóša sig fram į nżjan leik enda rétt sem hann segir um aš žaš séu višsjįr framundan ķ Ķslendskum stjórnmįlum og almenningur getur enn žurft aš reiša sig į embęttiš žess vegna. Og reynslunni er fyrir aš žakka aš viš vitum hvaš viš höfum. Ég mun žvķ styšja Ólaf Ragnar Grķmsson svo lengi sem hann vill gefa kost į sér til embęttis forseta Ķslands. Hafi hann bestu žakkir fyrir störf sķn til žessa. Hvernig getur forsetinn veriš sakašur umaš hverfa frį hlutverki sameiningartįknsins,žegar hann var žó ašeins aš vinna vinnuna sķnasamkvęmt stjórnarskrįnni ?
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19.5.2012 | 11:00
Forsetinn, lżšręšiš og mįlskotsrétturinn
Birtist fyrst ķ Morgunblašinu 18. maķ 2012.
Nś styttist ķ forsetakosningar og langar mig af žvķ tilefni aš gera aš umtalsefni lżšręšisžróun og mįlskotsrétt forsetans. Lżšręšiš er ķ stöšugri žróun og žó aš menn greini į um hinar żmsu ašferšir og stefnur er ljóst aš fólk skilur žaš į žann hįtt aš fólkiš, almenningur ķ landinu skuli hafa śrslitavald um stjórnun landsins og aš vilji almennings sé žaš sem koma skuli fram ķ stjórnarathöfnum hverju sinni.Žó aš fyrirkomulag kosninga til Alžingis hér į landi sé žannig aš kjörtķmabiliš sé fjögur įr er žaš ekki svo aš menn hafi žar allan rétt til valda og įkvaršana. Žaš er ekki svo aš alžingismenn séu kosnir til aš hafa einręšisvald žessi fjögur įr. Ešlileg hugmynd lżšręšisins er aš žeir stjórni ķ anda fólksins į milli kosninga. Aš įkvaršanir žeirra séu eins og žeir hafa vit til, ķ takt viš vilja žjóšarinnar. Žetta er eitthvaš sem margir nśverandi alžingismenn viršast ekki hafa innbyggt ķ sķna vitund.Forsetinn sękir vald sitt til gildandi stjórnarskrįr.Forseti Ķslands hefur samkvęmt stjórnarskrįnni rétt til aš synja lögum stašfestingar og fara žau žį sjįlfkrafa til žjóšarinnar sem įkvešur meš beinum kosningum örlög žeirra. Augljóst er aš žannig įkvöršun forseta er ekki tekin į degi hverjum né įn tilefnis eša sterkra vķsbendinga um aš einmitt žaš sé vilji žjóšarinnar.Ķ žrķgang į undanförnum įrum hefur žaš gerst aš forsetinn synjaši lögum stašfestingar. Ķ eitt skiptiš voru lögin dregin til baka og tvisvar var kosiš ķ kjölfariš og hafnaši žjóšin viškomandi lögum meš afgerandi hętti. Žaš undarlega geršist ķ kjölfariš aš rķkisstjórnin, sem gerš hafši veriš afturręk meš lagafrumvörp sķn sem og żmsir ašrir įhrifamenn ķ žjóšfélaginu, tóku aš atyrša forsetann fyrir tiltękiš og lįta ķ žaš skķna ķ fjölmišlum og annars stašar žar sem žeir komu žvķ viš aš hann hefši meš žessu tekiš sér mikiš vald. Nįnast hrifsaš til sķn vald.Žetta er ekki rétt. Žaš sem hann gerši var aš fęra vald til žjóšarinnar, vald sem hśn į meš óyggjandi hętti. Žetta vald er hennar samkvęmt stjórnarskrį sem og ešlilegri heilbrigšri skynsemi. Žaš aš gera forsetann tortryggilegan, žegar hann beitir śrręši stjórnarskrįrinnar til aš tryggja lżšręši ķ landinu, er ķ besta falli fįvitskulegt og ķ versta falli einbeittur brotavilji löggjafans gagnvart sinni eigin žjóš.Alžingi ętti aš bišja žjóšina afsökunar.Mašur skyldi halda aš žegar žjóšin hefši sagt sitt sķšasta orš varšandi lög og gert žaš meš yfirgnęfandi meirihluta, mundi löggjafinn bišja hana afsökunar į žvķ aš hafa ętlaš aš vinna gegn vilja hennar. Nei, alžingismenn hafa ekki bešist afsökunar og bendir margt til žess aš žeir hafi ķ raun og veru viljaš, og vilji enn, samžykkja lög sem eru ķ beinni andstöšu viš žennan mikla meirihluta. Minna višbrögš žeirra į žann sem lét hengja sendibošann er flutti vįleg tķšindi.Um žetta žarf žjóšin aš hugsa nś ķ ašdraganda forsetakosninga. Hśn viršist sitja uppi meš Alžingi sem starfar ekki endilega ķ žįgu hennar, Alžingi sem hefur skżran įsetning til aš setja lög sem eru ķ andstöšu viš eindreginn vilja hennar.Į tyllidögum slį menn um sig og skreyta meš meintri lżšręšisįst en margt bendir til žess aš žeir sem kjörnir eru til forystu vilji gjarnan vera einrįšir žann tķma sem žeir hafa. Śrręši almennings ķ landinu eru harla fį žegar hann situr uppi meš rķkisstjórn sem rśin er trausti, Alžingi sem rśiš er trausti og żmsar fleiri grundvallarstofnanir rķkisins rśnar trausti. Viš veršum aš įtta okkur į žvķ aš landinu stżrir fólk sem neitar aš skilja hvašan valdiš kemur og vill žröngva mįlum ķ gegn žótt žjóšin sé alfariš į móti žeim.Ķ framtķšinni er žörf į aš auka beina aškomu žjóšarinnar aš įkvaršanatöku ķ mikilvęgum mįlum. Einnig žarf hśn aš geta krafist žingkosninga eftir skżrum reglum. Žangaš til er mįlskotsréttur forsetans nįnast eini neyšarventillinn sem til er. Hann hefur veriš nżttur meš žeim įrangri aš žjóšin sagši sitt meš afgerandi hętti og afsagši lagagerš sem ekki var aš hennar skapi. Žaš er móšgandi aš hlusta į alžingismenn og rįšherra tala eins og forsetinn hafi unniš spjöll meš geršum sķnum. Hans aškoma var einungis sś aš aš fara aš raunverulegum vilja žjóšarinnar og beina mįlunum ķ lżšręšislegan farveg og brįst henni ekki į śrslitastundu.Brotavilji Alžingis er einlęgur,aš vilja koma mįlum ķ gegn,sem meirihluti er ekki fyrir.Forsetinn tekur sér ekki žaš vald sem hann réttir žjóšinni.
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18.5.2012 | 12:35
How to debate Paul Krugman
Birtist fyrst ķ Paper Money Collapse 01. maķ 2012.
Paul Krugman is the high priest of Keynesianism and modern interventionism, of economic improvement through inflation and budget deficits. As such he is bźte noir among us libertarians and Austrian School economists. What makes him so annoying is his unquestioning, reflexive and almost childlike enthusiasm for state intervention, even in the face of its obvious failure, and his apparent unwillingness to probe any deeper into the real causes of our present economic problems or to show any willingness to investigate the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of his particular medicine. His Keynesian convictions are presented as articles of faith that no intelligent person can seriously question. A Krugmanesque argument is always built on a number of assumptions that are beyond doubt:
Krugman is practicing Keynesianism as a religion. The 8 commandments above are not to be questioned. Whoever questions them is not worthy of debate. Consequently, Krugman has turned down requests to debate people like Peter Schiff or Bob Murphy. Interestingly, he agreed to debate Ron Paul on TV. The link is here. I have to say that Ron Paul did not do as well as I had hoped he would. He did not sufficiently attack Krugman in my view, for the failure and ultimately disastrous consequences of his policy prescriptions. Krugman is the one who should be made to explain his policy recommendations and who has to answer the criticism that policies like the ones he is recommending got us into this mess in the first place and that his policy ideas have been implemented for years to no effect, at least no positive effect. Yet, Krugman succeeded in putting Paul on the defensive, something in which he was greatly helped by the following: While Krugman may be the most outstanding, unashamed and fundamentalist of the celebrity Keynesians, the attitudes of the general public, the other journalists and thus most of the TV viewers are predominantly shaped by Keynesianism as well, and this means that Krugman, more than Paul or any Austrian debater, can rely on some sense of intellectual sympathy. Maybe the viewers dont quite share the unquestioning dedication to the Faith, that Krugman epitomizes. Maybe they feel queasy about printing trillions of paper dollars and running trillion-dollar deficits. Of course, a true believer like Krugman will never allow himself such feelings. But in general, the public, too, believes that the free market (and greedy bankers) caused the financial crisis; that we need low interest rates and other government measures to stimulate the economy; and that inflation is really not our main concern. Krugman, I think, cleverly used these attitudes to present himself as the safe and rational choice, and Paul as the weirdo who wants to pour out the state-policy baby with the crisis bath water. Ron Paul started strongly by pointing out that Krugmans policy is based on the idea that a bureaucratic elite can set interest rates and decide how much money should be created, and that this involves an arrogant and dangerous pretence of knowledge. Very good point. Immediately, the apostle Krugman raised his head. You cannot get the state out of money. The Fed has to set interest rates. You cannot go back 150 years. I think this is where Ron Paul should have dug in and put Krugman on the defensive: Why not? There was no Fed before 1913. That the Fed made things more stable is your assumption. But is it true? People like you and Bernanke tell us that the gold standard was to blame for the Depression. In the run-up to the Depression we had a gold standard but we also had a Fed. How can you say that the gold standard was to blame and the Fed was ultimately the solution? Dr. Krugman just said, history told us. That is nonsense. History doesnt tell us anything. You need theory to interpret history, and your theory is wrong. You assign blame for the depression according to your Keynesian theory. If that theory is wrong and I think it is completely wrong your interpretation of history is hopelessly wrong. Dr. Krugman, we no longer live in the 1930s. Why is it that you are harking back to those days? Are we still solving the Great Depression? Fact is that the monetary and economic institutions of America were shaped by people with your beliefs, Dr. Krugman. We have your system today. We have conducted and are conducting your policies. And, Dr. Krugman, do you really want to tell the American public that these policies and these institutions, such as the Fed, are working? We have no gold standard. Since 1971, the Fed is entirely free to print as much money as it likes. That is your system, isnt it? That is what you recommend. You say the Fed needs to keep interest rates low and print money to stimulate growth. That is what the Fed did in 1998 after LTCM and the Russia default, just as you recommended. That is what the Fed did again after the NASDAQ bubble burst and after 9/11 surely, that was not an Austrian policy but a Keynesian one. It was straight out of your rule book, Dr. Krugman. You say the uninhibited market is to blame for the financial crisis. I say your policy is to blame. The mortgage bubble was blown by the stimulus policy of the Fed low interest rates and plenty new bank reserves between 2001 and 2005. That was your recommendation, right? And those of your Keynesian buddies, such as Paul McCulley at Pimco. Since 2007, the Fed is conducting your policy. So is the US government. You demanded monetary stimulus and you got it. The Fed created $2 trillion dollars out of thin air. Interest rates have been zero for years. The US government is conducting stimulus policy to the tune of $1trillion-plus every year. Are you telling me, these are not Keynesian policies? What is it, Austrian policy?! What you are recommending has in fact been the guiding principle of global economic policy for years. What you are recommending is a systematic distortion of the market place. It is persistent price distortion. That is why we had an unsustainable housing boom. That is why we had a mortgage boom. That is why we had a financial industry boom. And whenever these artificial booms that you create with your policy falter, the American public has to pay the price. And what do you suggest then? More of the same. More cheap credit. More government debt. In the hope that you can generate another artificial boom for which a later generation will again have to pay the price. Dr. Krugman, you just answered the question of this journalist about how much more debt we should accumulate, by saying maybe another 30 percent but that nobody can say for sure. I agree that nobody can say how much debt the system can still take. But tell us, why do you think that the next 30 percent of state debt will magically stimulate the economy and that these 30 percent will thus achieve what the previous 30 percent obviously failed to do. Dr. Krugman, you have me worried here. And I think our viewers, too. The only response you have to the abject failure of your policies is that we should do more of them. Whatever Keynesian stimulus is being implemented and whatever money the Fed prints, all you ever say is that it is not enough. We need more. Has it ever occurred to you that maybe the problem is the policy itself? Maybe your medicine is making things worse and not better. And something else worries me, Dr. Krugman. When do we ever stop printing money and borrowing? I think that you are stuck in a failed paradigm, a failed economic theory and a failed policy program. This has happened to scientists and politicians before. You cannot admit that failure. When you are confronted with the failure of modern central banking, of Keynesian stimulus and of moderate inflationism, your only answer is that nothing is wrong with any of it, it is just not implemented forcefully enough. Dr. Krugman, you remind me of a doctor, who misdiagnosed the disease and prescribed the wrong medicine and who is now unwilling to look at the situation objectively. All you want to do is increase the dosage. If the viewers really want to understand what is going on, they should not buy Krugmans new book but go to the website of the Mises Institute and look for some excellent Austrian School literature, in particular anything written by Ludwig von Mises himself. But if you dont have time to do this, maybe you start by reading Paper Money Collapse. Well, I guess this is how it could have unfolded. In the meantime, the debasement of paper money continues. |
30.4.2012 | 11:30
The Death of Nation-States and the Rise of Empire
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Birtist fyrst ķ American Thinker 30. aprķl 2012.
Some readers may recall the rant of a couple years ago by Nigel Farage, head of the United Kingdom's Independence Party, against Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Union. Mr. Farage described the gentleman from Belgium as possessing "all the charisma of a damp rag and the appearance of a low-grade bank clerk." He also accused Van Rompuy of being a non-entity from a non-nation. Regardless of Mr. Farage's insulting comments, the fact is that he has some valid observations about the nature and goals of the EU.Farage pointed out that the European Union's unelected officials were asserting authority over (and oftentimes ruining) European nations, without those nations' peoples having any say in the matter. Belgium, he said, tells Greece what to do if the latter desires to remain a vassal-state bound to the European Union.Unfortunately, Belgium has had far too much to say to member-nations. It never stops chattering.French-style bureaucracy -- one in four employees has a job as a civil servant -- has self-duplicated as an EU bureaucracy, which issues a constant stream of rules and regulations so finely precise that bananas are categorized based on size. According to the Official Journal of the European Union, "having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union," the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 133.2011 sternly lays down "marketing standards for bananas, rules on the verification of compliance with those marketing standards and requirements for notifications in the banana sector."As of that unhappy date of December 19, 2011, bananas from the Madeira, the Azores, the Algarve, Crete, Lakonia and Cyprus fall into the less desirable Class II category because they do not meet the minimum length laid down by the EU.Apparently, for the European Commission's regulators, in the case of bananas, as in other aspects of life, size matters.But the European Union as crazed regulator involves much larger issues than the size, quality, and categorization of various fruits.As Mr. Farage intimated, the regulation-driven, powerful, and controlling EU may be putting the very existence of Europe's nation-states at risk. For example, the impoverishment of Greece and its consignment by the EU to the rump-end of Europe, though hastened by Greece's own feckless governmental policies, means in reality that that nation has been conquered by EU economic means as surely as if an army had marched through its borders and taken over its government. Greece is now in thrall to the EU, as Mr. Farage has tirelessly pointed out.Portugal and Spain appear to be the next fatalities. The end-result may be the rise, once again, of German hegemony. Germany, hedged in since the end of World War II, has only to re-militarize in order to achieve dominance over Western and even Eastern Europe -- even though presently, as Europe's banker, she is utilizing mostly economic means to increase her power. The prospect of a revitalized and militarized Germany is not necessarily the horrid vision it was in the 1930s and '40s, but European nations should be aware that the death of sovereign European nation-states and the rise of any single power could result in an unimaginable tragedy.Nation-states -- countries in which the peoples share a similar cultural heritage, language, ethnicity, and governmental institution -- have been an historic reality in Europe for some five hundred years. The immense and distinct cultural, spiritual, and historical treasures of nations constituting Europe have been a wellspring of vitality for countless countries, including the U.S. It is beyond imagination to conjure a vision as to just what the eradication of Europe's nation-states would involve.Unfortunately, once again, Europe may be threatened by the universal and historic phenomenon that is the impulse toward empire.It is not too far-fetched to describe the European Union as an attempt to establish a European empire by economic means via the currency of the euro, the ubiquitous regulations of the EU, and that entity's accompanying economic dictates. It is quite possible that unless Europe's individual nations fight for their sovereignty, a unified European entity -- a goal long-dreamed of by military conquerors -- could be achieved by a European economic empire.The hope was and is that a universal economic union and the universal currency of the euro would unite Europe -- that is, that money and economic hegemony would speak louder than national interests and identities, acting as the glue to hold together disparate nations.However, the price of membership has meant that national identities have been submerged under the purely materialist framework of the EU. A materialistic view of nations which overrides each nation's individual history and culture is to be substituted for the rich tapestry which was once the European heritage. Individual national governments and national identities are to be supplanted by institutional vehicles which seek to unify by money, finances, and trade.Though it may be hotly denied by Van Rompuy and other leaders, the European Union is essentially inclined toward a reductionist, socialist/Marxist interpretation of governing institutions, as economic factors alone are assumed to be the essence defining and driving nations and humanity itself. Language, culture, art, and history are to submit to a purely economic/materialistic view of history and humanity. The reductionist view of nations means that some will die and others ascend according to whichever nation holds the economic cards.The dilemma facing Europe also faces the United States, which is also seeing the tragic results of a multiculturalism that augers not unity, but fragmentation and then consolidation by a powerful entity. It is not too much to say the fragmentation and division under the philosophical aegis of multiculturalism have been accelerated by our president and his administration.In turn, one result of this consolidation has been an increase in the power of executive branch and its supra-constitutional enforcement agencies, both of which combine to suppress state sovereignty and pull together the power of the federal government. Individual states such as Arizona are under siege from their own government. If the erosion of state sovereignty continues, the result will assure the end of the U.S. as a nation-state based on federalism.Essentially, the current leaders of both the U.S. and the EU see the world's driving forces as superficial and almost solely material, seeking to exclude the spiritual. That is one reason why so much attention is given to material minutiae like measuring and denoting the quality of bananas while matters of the spirit/soul of nations and states are almost completely neglected. Worse yet, attacks on Christianity and the Church universal are increasing as a worldview that insists that humanity is defined by solely material rather than spiritual factors steadily increases its power.As the great thinker Denis De Rougement noted in his classic Love in the Western World:
The EU and our current administration are examples of a purely materialist economic model being forced on nations and states, whose deaths are almost assured if the materialistic model is not forsaken. For let it be said that we are not talking about mutually agreeable and beneficial trade covenants among nations. We are talking about economic empire that quashes true federalism, which itself respects the integrity of individual states.Unless the spiritual aspects of national cultures are revived and cherished and the sovereignty of individual nations and states protected, the end-result of the trends toward consolidation of power will be the demise of European nations and of the individual states of America. All, along with the peoples within them, will be reduced to being defined by bureaucracies reveling in trivial and materialist minutiae such as the measurement of bananas.Europeans and Americans alike must wake up to the truth that men and nations do not live by bananas alone. |
27.4.2012 | 15:46
A gold-based currency board, please
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Birtist fyrst ķ maķ-hefti GlobeAsia 2012.
Until early in the 20th century, gold played a central role in the world of money. Gold had an incredible run almost three thousand years. And why not? After all, Professor Roy Jastram convincingly documents in The Golden Constant just how gold maintains its purchasing power over long periods of time. But, since President Richard Nixon closed the gold window in August 1971, gold has not played a formal role in the international monetary regime. Today, the regime is characterized by many as a chaotic non-system.In the past decade, gold prices have surged and there have been noises in some quarters that golds formal role should be re-established in the sphere of international money. Nobelist Robert Mundell has gone so far as to predict that Gold will be part of the structure of the international monetary system in the twenty-first century.
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Višskipti og fjįrmįl | Breytt s.d. kl. 17:02 | Slóš | Facebook
26.4.2012 | 10:32
Afnįm gjaldeyrishafta meš upptöku Rķkisdals
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Birtist fyrst ķ Fréttablašinu 26. aprķl 2012.
Gjaldeyrisśtboš og lausnir Sešlabankans viš afnįm gjaldeyrishafta nį ekki flugi og hafa gjörsamlega mistekist vegna vantrausts fjįrfesta į bankanum og įętluninni um afnįm haftanna. Meš nśverandi fyrirkomulagi mun taka įratugi aš losa um höftin og žvķ ljóst aš finna veršur nżja leiš. Gjaldeyrishöft voru sett į til aš hefta śtflęši erlends gjaldeyris. Sķšast žegar gjaldeyrishöft voru sett į entust žau ķ 60 įr. Fastgengisstefna yrši sett į strax og ķ kjölfariš 6 til 9 mįnušum seinna upptaka nżja gjaldmišilsins Rķkisdals (ISD), śtgefins af Myntslįttu- og žjóšhagsrįši Ķslands sem vęri nż stofnun sett saman śr Sešlabanka Ķslands og Fjįrmįlaeftirlitinu. Nżi Rķkisdalurinn yrši meš Bandarķkjadal sem stošmynt.
Ef landsmenn vilja losna viš gjaldeyrishöftin fljóttog koma į efnahagslegum stöšugleikaer ašferšin sś aš gera Rķkisdal aš lögeyri,samhliša gömlu krónunni meš fastgengi viš Bandarķkjadollar. |
Višskipti og fjįrmįl | Breytt s.d. kl. 11:30 | Slóš | Facebook
20.4.2012 | 13:20
Kanadadalur + Rķkisdalur = afnįm gjaldeyrishafta
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Birtist fyrst ķ Morgunblašinu 20. aprķl 2012.
Eina vitręna leišin til aš afnema gjaldeyrishöftin, hęlbit sem flestir vilja losna viš, er meš upptöku fastgengis. Meš fastgengi veršur tekin upp »reglubundin peningastefna« en henni fylgjir ašhaldssöm rķkisfjįrmįl og efnahagslegur stöšugleiki. Fagna ber aš Sešlabankinn veršur lagšur nišur og landsmenn losna viš žaš bullandi sukk og torgreindar įkvaršanir sem fylgja slķkum stofnunum. Fastgengi er hęgt aš framkvęma meš tvennu móti. Annars vegar meš upptöku Kanadadals og hins vegar meš upptöku innlends Rķkisdals śtgefnum af myntrįši, meš Kanadadal sem stošmynt. Ašrir erlendir gjaldmišlar koma einnig til įlita, fyrir utan Evru sem af pólitķskum įstęšum er ónothęf. Mjög aušvelt er aš breyta śr Kanadadal yfir ķ Rķkisdal, ef tališ er henta. Žaš veršur samt ekki gert įn samžykkis žjóšarinnar.Ef landsmenn vilja losna viš gjaldeyrishöftin fljótt og koma į efnahagslegum stöšugleika er ašferšin sś aš gera Kanadadal strax aš lögeyri, samhliša gömlu og lśnu Krónunni. Hugsanlega er hęgt aš semja viš sešlabankann ķ Kanada um aš hann selji Ķslandi naušsynlegt grunnfé (kr.40 milljaršar) į kostnašarverši. Ef samningar nįst ekki viš Kanada, er sjįlfgefiš aš hefja tafarlaust undirbśning aš stofnun myntrįšs.Til aš tryggja myntrįšinu traust er naušsynlegt aš festa įkvęši um žaš ķ Stjórnarskrįna. Hér eru dęmi um nokkur slķk įkvęši. Fyllri lista er hęgt aš sjį į vefsetri Samstöšu žjóšar:Įkvęši um myntrįš, sem setja žarf ķ stjórnarskrį Ķslendska lżšveldisinsĮkvęši um myntrįš, sem setja žarf ķ Stjórnarskrįna.
Enginn veršur svikinn af aš taka Kanadadal ķ fóstur.Sem stošmynt er Kanadadalur einkanlega hentugur. Aš undanförnu hefur Kanada blómstraš og horfur framundan eru ekki sķšri en į Ķslandi. Athygli vekur aš sķšust 10 įrin hefur landsframleišsla į mann veriš nęr jöfn ķ bįšum löndunum. Mikilvęgt er aš um efnahag Kanada rķkja ekki sömu efasemdir og gilda um Bandarķkin, svo ESB sé nś ekki nefnt ķ žessu sambandi.Flestum Ķslendingum er ljóst aš flotgengi undir stjórn Sešlabankans hefur mistekist hörmulega undanfarna įratugi. Žannig liggur fyrir aš Ķslendska krónan hefur frį 1939 veikzt um 99,95 prósent gagnvart Dönsku krónunni. Žetta samsvarar žvķ aš Dönsk króna hafi haldiš veršgildi sķnu 2.000 sinnum betur en krónan okkar.Žaš er mikil kokhreysti aš halda žvķ fram aš vandi peningakerfisins verši leystur meš mannaskiptum ķ Sešlabankanum. Kerfisvandi veršur einungis leystur meš kerfisbreytingu. Kanadadalur er góšur kostur til aš koma į langžrįšum stöšugleika. Aš taka Kanadadal ķ fóstur gefur einnig tilefni aš rękja betur fręndsemi viš žį fjölmörgu Ķslendinga sem bśa ķ Kanada.Ef landsmenn vilja losna viš gjaldeyrishöftin fljóttog koma į efnahagslegum stöšugleikaer ašferšin sś aš gera Kanadadal strax aš lögeyri. |
Višskipti og fjįrmįl | Breytt s.d. kl. 13:23 | Slóš | Facebook
19.4.2012 | 12:33
Utanrķkisžjónusta Ķslands ķ höndum vangefinna trśša ?
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19. aprķl 2012.
Hvaš eftir annaš er utanrķkisrįšuneytiš stašiš aš vinnubrögšum sem benda til aš vangefnir trśšar haldi žar um stjórnvölinn. Raunar eru margir vissir um aš landrįš séu heldstu įhugamįl sumra starfsmanna rįšuneytisins. Ķ Morgunblašinu ķ dag segir svo af athöfnum Utanrķkisrįšuneytis:
Žarna er veriš aš fjalla um žaš sem ętti aš vera haršorš mótmęli viš fjandsamlegri framkomu Evrópusambandsins gagnvart Ķslandi. Allur almenningur veit aš žessi athugasemd er ekkert annaš en blekking. Žarna er ekki veriš aš koma į framfęri haršoršum mótmęlum. Žvert į móti er Utanrķkisrįšuneytiš aš fullvissa Evrópusambandiš um aš kjölturakkar žess hafi ekki hvikaš ķ hollustu sinni viš hiš erlenda vald.Enginn nema vangefinn trśšur lętur sér detta ķ huga aš hvķsla blķšmęlum ķ eyra andstęšings sķns og halda žvķ sķšan fram viš samherja sķna aš um haršorš mótmęli hafi veriš aš ręša. Hugsanlega gęti svona blekking tekist einu sinni, en Utanrķkisrįšuneytiš hefur oršiš uppvķst aš sömu vinnubrögšum įšur og žį ķ alvarlegri kringumstęšum.Svo nefnd Brussel-višmiš voru sögš nišurstaša ķ samningavišręšum Utanrķkisrįšuneytis og Evrópusambandsins. Fulltrśar rįšuneytisins hafa fullyrt aš žarna hafi veriš geršir sögulegir samningar sem hafi bundiš Evrópusambandiš aš žjóšarétti. Į grundvelli Brussel-višmišanna var Alžingi talin trś um aš Ķsland fengi blķšar móttökur viš samningaborš nżlenduveldanna. Meš Icesave-kröfurnar yrši fariš ķ samręmi viš žį grundvallarreglu ESB, aš rķkisįbyrgš vęri óheimil.Brussel-višmišin reyndust fullkomin blekking sem nśna er vitaš aš var samin ķ Utanrķkisrįšuneytinu, undir stjórn Össurar Skarphéšinssonar. Višmišin voru ekki samningur žar sem gętt var hagsmuna beggja ašila, heldur voru žau illa dulbśin yfirlżsing um uppgjöf Ķslands. Ķ bréfi til Samstöšu žjóšar stašfesti Framkvęmdastjórn ESB aš enginn Brussel-samningur var geršur. Yfirlżsing utanrķkisrįšherra um sameiginleg višmiš var ekki papķrsins virši, enda skorti bęši haus og undirskriftir į plaggiš.Stašreyndin er sś aš vangefnir trśšar halda į utanrķkishagsmunum Ķslands og ekki nóg meš žaš, žvķ aš sumir starfsmenn rįšuneytisins hafa veriš stašnir aš landrįšum. Žannig voru Kristjįn Guy Burgess og Einar Gunnarsson starfsmenn Utanrķkisrįšuneytis kęršir til Rķkissaksóknara fyrir landrįš. Žeir bišlušu til erlendra rķkja um ašstoš viš aš hindra žjóšaratkvęši um Icesave-lögin. Žetta sannašist žegar Wikileaks birti leyniskjöl śr Bandarķska sendirįšinu:
Žarna sannašist einnig aš Steingrķmur Sigfśsson (Ministry of Finance) tók žįtt ķ landrįšunum meš višręšum viš sendiherra Bretlands um hvernig hęgt vęri aš stöšva stjórnarskrįrbundiš ferli žjóšaratkvęšisins. Hversu lengi ętlar žjóšin aš greiša žessu fólki laun fyrir aš blekkja sig og vinna gegn hagsmunum landsmanna ?>>><<< |