tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post6598946747916512347..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Tunisia Fast-Forwards its HistoryJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-37095097587327771772019-09-24T14:23:12.726-04:002019-09-24T14:23:12.726-04:00"Promises of economic recovery have not been ...<i>"Promises of economic recovery have not been fulfilled, and both unemployment and inflation remain high. . . . Many Tunisians hope that this public rejection of the political elite will reset the system and revive the promises of the 2011 uprising for accountable, legitimate government and wider economic opportunities for all.</i>"<br /><br /><i>"The things Tunisian voters are said to be demanding make me nervous."</i><br /><br />They made Depression Era politicians nervous too, before Roosevelt and the New Deal.<br /><br />People can't live in a society where there's no work and money is worthless. We know how to combat those issues, but it involves taking government-led measures that are unpopular with the rich. Tunisia could take the needed steps to slash unemployment and inflation, but the wealthy elites would complain, and so nothing changes.<br /><br />But that's exactly what the rich want - status quo. Centrists in a broken system, opposing change that would help others because they don't want to lose the power and privilege which the system brokenly grants them.<br /><br />I can understand the corrupt aristocracy of modern society being made nervous by calls for employment, deflation, and political accountability. But you?G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com