APEC Meeting - An Orgy Of Consumption
Date Mon 17 Sep 2007
Australian prime minister John Howard and his world-leader bureaucrat buddies have just demonstrated their utter contempt for the real environmental issue and the “common” people of the world. It’s disgusting…
These world leaders attending the APEC meeting have just squandered around $700 million on little more than pomp and ceremony to massage their already monstrous egos. These skilled manipulators of people believe they’re entitled to live the high life at huge expense to their constituents and the environment. International travel, fine foods, fine wines and mind-bogglingly expensive security measures are essential fare for these irresponsible leaders bloated by their own self-importance.
The claimed cost of the APEC meeting is $320 million of which $170 million was for security alone. Add the cost of the interruption to Sydney business which business groups estimate at over $300 million. Now add the cost of international flights and security for these leaders and their entourage. There’s the $700 million. So what? It’s only money… or is it?
In this delusional world of fiat money created out of thin air and then lent to attract interest, $700 million seems like nothing. A mere trifle. But this is not just monopoly money. The dispensing of this fake, debt-based money costs the environment big time.
Every dollar squandered by these environmental vandals must be earned by taxpayers. To earn money, the majority of taxpayers are forced to commute, compete, produce, mine, extract, manufacture, consume and pollute. Further, these taxpayers must create new markets, create demand through advertising and generally participate in “economic growth” that is trashing planet Earth and people’s lives.
APEC meetings are an orgy of consumption thinly disguised as “management” of the Asia-Pacific region. These elitist world “leaders” with their snouts in the trough are totally out of touch with reality. Instead of leading by example they’re promoting the rampant consumerism that drives environmental destruction and perpetuates debt-based money.
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