| | While the world is struggling to find answers for the current economic crisis we, the citizens of this planet are left direction-less.
It seems that, despite the talk and the bailout strategies, we are no further forward.
Could it be that it’s time to re-evaluate the system we have been using for life?
Here at AlterQuest we predicted this time of economic downturn. We knew it was inevitable and we knew that the governments of the world would not have any long-term, sustainable answers.This is because our governments have continued to use the same, flawed system for centuries now. It didn’t work from the beginning and yet they refuse to find a new way.
If you ask the US politicians they are either for a bailout or against it, for the US auto makers. Hey guys, wait a moment, these auto heads made this mess. They refused to stop making the gas guzzlers. They sided with the oil cartels and made vehicles which predominantly used oil as fuel. When they could have made hybrids, they refused - and now they want to be bailed out?
Even if they get their wish, that won’t stop speculators from buying and selling auto shares like confetti. These speculators don’t care whose shares they buy - as long as the shares make a profit and then they can ditch them.
So, while there are still speculators who can make or break a company without a second thought, why should we prop up these companies?
Now, if a shareholder is a worker in the company and has a vested interest in making the company progress and flourish then they deserve shares.
These grassroots workers CARE about the company they would have shares in. That is real investment!
So, stop speculation.
If a person buys shares in a company they should have to keep them for a year or two and not be allowed to ditch the shares on a whim - or merely to make a quick profit. Each share has a value far beyond its monetary one.
Each share is an investment in a company which makes products you believe in and its an investment in that company’s workforce.
So, apart from giving shares only to those who will respect their value, what else can we do?
Our economy is in dire straits and this is due to a lack of money. Well, to be precise, there is still the same amount of money on the planet it’s just that the majority of people aren’t getting access to it. A few greedy people are hogging it all.
The answer may be to print as much money as we need, just to solve the problems. We could print money to make hospitals, schools, businesses, food production, clothing etc. This would create jobs.
For too long we outsourced jobs to other countries and we stopped producing our own necessities. This was crazy! and we’re about to reap what we have sown.
The problem is… it wasn’t the average person who made these crazy decisions and yet we’re the ones who are being punished the most.
That said, it may also be necessary to by pass the old, warped financial system and create a whole new one.
You think this isn’t possible?
It is ABSOLUTELY possible! In fact, communities all over the world are already doing this - and guess what? They are THRIVING!
Imagine that!
They are creating jobs.
They are making a good standard of living for their citizens.
So, if you think this is a plan, let me tell you that if more of us think outside the box we will all be better off.
AlterQuest is about new ideas and new, 21st century thinking.
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