Saturday, March 17, 2012

Euro Crisis: Will European debt crisis 2012 wreck EU?

Germanys role in the Euro crisis has been portrayed as a leading nation, Goliath, bully, task master, etc. in the media:

Germany, Europe's reluctant Goliath, is hiding its true strength - © 2012 Guardian News
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/16/germany-reluctant-goliath-eurozone-shadow

Soros: euro crisis might wreck EU - © 2012 Guardian News
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/25/davos-soros-roubini-warnings-eurozone

Some say that Germany should be in the lead, because it has done so many things right. Others say that Germany is trying to take over and should keep its place. Everybody – including the Germans themselves – seems to agree that the German economy is very strong.

Then why is it, that Germans feel the need to save money, cutting budgets, not investing in their own well being? Why do campaigns as "Geiz ist geil!" ("Greed is Great!") sprout from the ground like weed? Why do the Germans embrace the spirit of lack?
Even worse: Germans have taken up an attitude of humiliating public figures by criticizing them to have a too high an income:

Ihr Gehalt ist nicht gerecht, Herr Jauch !! - Uploaded by zickzackonline on Mar 12, 2012
(Your salary is not fair, Mr. Jauch!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcLYGDX02hQ

Was verdient Deutschland? - © BILD digital
(What does Germany earn?)
http://www.bild.de/geld/wirtschaft/gehalt/der-gehaltscheck-was-verdient-deutschland-23137348.bild.html

Should Germany give more money to save the Euro? Should Germany be more in charge and monitor other European countries expenses? Should the German government spend more money on saving employment in Germany ("Schlecker" affaire)? Or should the German government cut down some more to save money and to reduce debt? To be honest, I can't answer these questions because I'm not an economist and it seems to me that even the experts aren't so sure. In any case I have a complete different perspective on this.

Insolvenzverwalter: Entscheidung bis Pfingsten - FAZ 17.03.2012
(Insolvency administrator: Decision till Pentecost)
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/schlecker-insolvenzverwalter-entscheidung-bis-pfingsten-11687896.html

Let's ask ourselves, do public figures, politicians, managers, people in the lead deserve more money? Or should we all have the same? If your answer on the latter is "YES" you are favoring the communistic ideology. If your answer to the first question was "YES" you feel that the free market economy works. Now don't get me wrong: Either one is fine with me! What I want to draw your attention to is, what happens here?

If you think it isn't fair that Mr. Jauch has so much money, fine. Switch off the TV and cancel your TV connection! Write to the channel he works with why you're acting this way. Complain to his sponsors, find a lobby, sign a petition. This is all too complicated? You'd rather sit in your chair and complain? Well, that indicates that you don't really mean it and you're just envious! Now again, I'm not judging you. It's simply what you get. If your actions are miserly, so will be the results. One gets out what one puts in.

If you are not investing, you will not get results. I am not asking you to waste away your money. Don't spend ANY money – or energy for that matter – on anything you DON'T believe in. However, if you believe in something, invest yourself, your money, your energy in it! Do you believe in the Euro? Do you believe in free market economy? Do you believe watching TV is fun? Then do something for it! Invest in it and you'll receive double! If you believe you can sit there and complain all you want and you shouldn't have to do anything, then that's miserly energy and miserly energy is what you'll get back double.

Now what am I saying here about the Euro crisis? What I'm saying is, the Euro does exactly what people believe it will do: It withers because Europeans don't believe in it. Germans feel poor and cheated upon and fear more poverty and so that's what they will get. Maybe it's for the better that the Euro, the free market economy and democracy will fall, so we can start investing us in something better. Or maybe we will start to believe in these things.

In a nutshell: If the Euro is going down is up to you. You can make the difference, if you believe in it. So become an activist, donate, write to your representative, talk to your neighbor, get up from that chair, from your comfort zone and do something. Ask yourself, what do I really believe in, because that's what you're attracting. And if you have trouble finding what YOU REALLY believe in, contact me. I always love to help ;-)

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