Twenty per cent of Caliornia's Public Workers to be Fired 'The state of California was yesterday set to fire 20,000 public employees as it teetered on the brink of a total financial collapse. The crisis in the Golden State, home to 37 million people and a 1.8 trillion dollar economy, is now so intense that anyone who overpaid their 2008 taxes will receive an IOU instead of a refund cheque. Meanwhile, all public works projects are being cancelled, schools are facing closure, the Department of Motor Vehicles has shuttered many of its offices and the state's bonds are almost unsaleable on Wall Street, which has in turn pushed up the cost of borrowing, forcing the state into the kind of death-spiral that has laid waste to many businesses over recent months. "We are dealing with a catastrophe of unbelievable proportions," said the state Senator Alan Lowenthal, a Democrat, and chairman of the Senate transportation committee.' Conquering The Abyss 'There has always been this millennial battle between humanity's Quest for a better life and the temptations that Conquest seems to offer those that seek secret powers, in the mailed fist of Empire. We are not even ten years into the Twenty-first Century, and already what remains of the world is racing back to barbarism at light speed: This is the price we shall continue to pay, if we allow puppets to dictate our values and our way of life, for just 'A Few Dollars More'.'
Thursday, 19 February 2009
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