Is your government doing enough to help you through the recession?
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Wednesday, 9 Sept. 2010
|18:06 - 19:00 GMT
Up to a hundred thousand people will take to the streets across Europe today to protest against austerity measures being implemented by governments across the continent.
The biggest of the protests will be in Brussels, but others will be held in Greece, Italy, Ireland and Latvia. A general strike is also taking place in Spain, hitting transport and other public services.
The protest in Brussels has been described by unions as a day of action under the slogan "No to austerity, priority to jobs and growth".
Are you prepared to take austerity measures for the greater good of the country?
Robert Macala - Just what is the Government suppose to do to make you happy.
That is the dirty little secret of most Social Democratic governments...They promise too much, impossible promises
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Ayuen Awan - Utterly, no! A country like South Sudan where I come from has no capacity to fight recession because it depends on outsiders for all her needs starting from Agricultural products to manufactured goods.
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Debbie in Indiana emailed - My husband, an attorney, worked for a large co for 20+ years and was in charge of litigation when he was terminated 2 years ago. He has opened his own private law practice, but business is sparce, we are almost to the point of cashing in our retirement account since we have exhausted all of our savings. I'm thankful that I was able to get a job at age 53 to help pay expenses. What can and should the government do to help him?
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Dorothy in North Carolina emailed - I'm always surprised that middle class Americans have bought into the rich class's anti-union attitude and into a whole range of policies that favor the rich over the middle class. It is as if the middle class thinks that if the rich get richer, so will they. The middle class has been duped and doesn't even know it.
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John Northerner in Indianapolis emailed - Tax breaks breaks for the wealthiest and debt for the rest of us is not a good strategy for America or for Capitalism anywhere.
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18:29
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Linda in the US emailed - Perhaps this is a US perspective, as I will quote a US President. Ask not what your country can do for you but what can you do for your country. I would ask are people doing enough to help themselves?
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Tom D Ford on the blog - We need to return to the Liberal idea of Government of The People, by The People, and For the People, financially restore the social safety net at the bottom, and bring taxes back to a level where the wealthy pay more of their fair share for the benefits that The People provide for them.
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Emeka Ejim - The current dispensation in Nigeria is still young for such assessment, following the demise of its predecessor. But the current president has pledged his commitment to fighting the scourge of poverty and deprivation, and getting the country out of the economic woes caused by the recession
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Sebastian Nasri Eboue - No the government in zambia especially is not helping in any way through the recession, youths still have many dificulties in finding employment.
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Carlos Acevedo - here in America, the question is, are the people doing enough for the government? Here, it is People for the government. Not Government for the people. Sigh.
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Robert Zeller - Here in the US, "house of cards" is falling; and society is becoming divided and radicalized.
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Sol Auerbach - In america I think our governments doing a bit too much, but really too much of the wrong things.
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Denise in San Francisco - Since government policies and low tax rates that cater to the rich and corporations, then it is in the government's responsibility to get us of this mess.
Is your government doing enough to help you through the recession?
| Wednesday, 9 Sept. 2010 | 18:06 - 19:00 GMT
Up to a hundred thousand people will take to the streets across Europe today to protest against austerity measures being implemented by governments across the continent.
The biggest of the protests will be in Brussels, but others will be held in Greece, Italy, Ireland and Latvia. A general strike is also taking place in Spain, hitting transport and other public services.
The protest in Brussels has been described by unions as a day of action under the slogan "No to austerity, priority to jobs and growth".
Are you prepared to take austerity measures for the greater good of the country?
Your comments
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Robert Macala - Just what is the Government suppose to do to make you happy. That is the dirty little secret of most Social Democratic governments...They promise too much, impossible promises
Comment sent via SMS
What does ’Free Market’ mean? It means that businesses, including banks, that implode go out of business, not get supported by their political patrons. Banks, amsterdam
Comment sent via Facebook
Ayuen Awan - Utterly, no! A country like South Sudan where I come from has no capacity to fight recession because it depends on outsiders for all her needs starting from Agricultural products to manufactured goods.
Comment sent via YOURSAY
Debbie in Indiana emailed - My husband, an attorney, worked for a large co for 20+ years and was in charge of litigation when he was terminated 2 years ago. He has opened his own private law practice, but business is sparce, we are almost to the point of cashing in our retirement account since we have exhausted all of our savings. I'm thankful that I was able to get a job at age 53 to help pay expenses. What can and should the government do to help him?
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Dorothy in North Carolina emailed - I'm always surprised that middle class Americans have bought into the rich class's anti-union attitude and into a whole range of policies that favor the rich over the middle class. It is as if the middle class thinks that if the rich get richer, so will they. The middle class has been duped and doesn't even know it.
Comment sent via YOURSAY
John Northerner in Indianapolis emailed - Tax breaks breaks for the wealthiest and debt for the rest of us is not a good strategy for America or for Capitalism anywhere.
Comment sent via YOURSAY
Linda in the US emailed - Perhaps this is a US perspective, as I will quote a US President. Ask not what your country can do for you but what can you do for your country. I would ask are people doing enough to help themselves?
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Tom D Ford on the blog - We need to return to the Liberal idea of Government of The People, by The People, and For the People, financially restore the social safety net at the bottom, and bring taxes back to a level where the wealthy pay more of their fair share for the benefits that The People provide for them.
Comment sent via Twitter
Listening to @³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ_WHYS, they'll be live @TGBLouisville tomorrow. SO EXCITED! Sucks I have to work, will have to listen via my #HTCIncredible
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Emeka Ejim - The current dispensation in Nigeria is still young for such assessment, following the demise of its predecessor. But the current president has pledged his commitment to fighting the scourge of poverty and deprivation, and getting the country out of the economic woes caused by the recession
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Sebastian Nasri Eboue - No the government in zambia especially is not helping in any way through the recession, youths still have many dificulties in finding employment.
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Carlos Acevedo - here in America, the question is, are the people doing enough for the government? Here, it is People for the government. Not Government for the people. Sigh.
Comment sent via Facebook
Robert Zeller - Here in the US, "house of cards" is falling; and society is becoming divided and radicalized.
Comment sent via Facebook
Sol Auerbach - In america I think our governments doing a bit too much, but really too much of the wrong things.
Comment sent via YOURSAY
Denise in San Francisco - Since government policies and low tax rates that cater to the rich and corporations, then it is in the government's responsibility to get us of this mess.