See through false crisis

IF we had dug up all the fertile soil on the earth, or if we had poisoned every last drop of fresh water, or if our sun threatened to not rise, then and only then would we have real debts.

When we owe pieces of paper to handfuls of men we do not have debts, we have the illusion of debt. We are like the caged birds who fail to see the latch has been lifted on the door. Our earth provides for all our needs. We just repeatedly fail to see how to distribute the bounty fairly.

Many are waking up to this fact. Soon we will realise this and effect a sea change in economic distribution. We will revert to money that has legitimate value, eg backed by precious metals. In the meantime, we need to stand together, stand firm and not let our neighbours suffer unnecessarily. Nobody should lose a home in this false crisis, nor should it be tolerated in civil society in any country.

Barry Fitzgerald

Lissarda

Co Cork