Refleksi : Rakyat Iceland menolak untuk membayar kesalahan bank. Bagaimana kalau di NKRI juga dilakukan hal demikian terhadap Bank Century? Ataukah rakyat sangat dermawan terhadap kaum koruptor NKRI?
Bukankah semasa kekuasaan boss SBY yaiut jenderal Soeharto, Pertamina rugi 10 miliar dollar, disaat persuahaan minyak diseluruh dunia memetik keuntungan berlipat ganda. Umumnya ketika itu pertamina menyetor 60% untuk APBN, kerugian Pertamina tidak dinyatakan menganggu kestabilan ekonomi negara. Tetapi, dengan menghilangnya uang [kerugian] Bank Century (BC) sebanyak 700 juta, SBY mengatakan bahwa kalau BC tidak dibail out, maka ekonomi nasional NKRI akan sangat terganggu. Bukankah BC kecil dan jumlah 700 juta dollar itu tak seberapa besar dibandingkan dengan kerugian Pertamina 10 miliar dollar. Agaknya banyak petinggi NKRI dan konco-konco mereka terdekat mempunya asset pada bank tsb. Akibat simsalabim assets tbs menghilang, kalau benar menghilang maka banyak petinggi akan menanggis air mata darah karena menjadi miskin, Masalahnya apakah mereka harus dibiarkan mereka menjadi miskin terlantar ataukah harus ditolong, Alternatif kedua yang diambil yaitu rakyat harus dibohongi bahwa kalau BC tidak di-bail out maka ekonomi NKRI akan murat marit, Mujur juga cerita tsb, karena dengan dibail-out BC, kekayaan para petinggi NKRI bertambah. Lantas bagaimana dengan mereka yang miskin yang batas pendapatannya Rp 180.000 per bulan juga meningkat? Mungkin sampai dunia kiamat Anda tidak akan mendapat keterterangan dari SBY dan konco-konconya. Banyak akal bulus rezim neo-Mojopahit SBY, lihat saja pada masalah tanah di Merauke seluas 500.000 ha digadaikan kepada Bin Laden group untuk memprododuksi bahan makanan buat Arab Saudia, dikocok-kocok beritanya dan belakangan ini diberi keterngan bahwa tanah di sekitar Merauke akan dijadikan gudang beras untuk Indonesia. hehehhehe http://www.smh.com.au/world/icelanders-reject-paying-for-others-mistakes-20100307-pqpq.html Icelanders reject paying for others' mistakes PAOLA TOTARO March 8, 2010 Taking to the streets ... protesters outside the Icelandic parliament in Reykjavik . Photo: AFP THE people of Iceland have delivered a defiant message to their bankers and politicians, voting against repayment of a $5.8 billion debt spawned by the collapse of the tiny nation's banks. In a referendum which brought a record 60 per cent turnout of voters to the ballot box, 93 per cent relished the opportunity to reject responsibility for an economic disaster they argue was foisted on them by irresponsible financiers. The results reflect the level of national anger felt over the disastrous one week in October 2008 when the krona plummeted, the Icelandic internet bank Icesave collapsed and property prices plunged in the wake a construction boom. The Icelandic economy was the first to collapse and its government the first in Europe to be swept out of power in the wake of the worldwide credit crunch. Icelanders went to the ballot box to express their views on a plan to return $3.8 billion to Britain and $2 billion to the Netherlands, paid out to salvage the savings of 400,000 Dutch and English investors who had accounts with Icesave. It had offered high interest rates before it failed along with its parent, Landsbanki. The British Government infuriated Icelanders when it used anti-terrorism legislation to swiftly seize the banks' assets in the wake of the collapse. Icelanders responded by wearing T-shirts emblazoned with slogans including ''Brown is the colour of poo''. The funds were to be repaid under a staged, 14-year plan approved narrowly by the Icelandic parliament before Christmas. However the President, Olafur Grimsson, read the nation's mood and refused to sign the legislation, calling the nation's first referendum since 1944. The Government has made clear it remains committed to the deal but both the Prime Minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, and her Minister of Finance, Steingrimur Sigfusson, chose to publicly abstain from voting. The President voted but refused to make public where his sympathies lay. But while Ms Sigurdardottir's government reiterated over the weekend that Iceland and its people would not renege on repaying its debt, she repeated the nation's demand for an apology from Britain over the way it froze the bank's assets. The referendum is clearly being seen by her government as a way to strengthen the government's hand in its continuing negotiations with London and the Netherlands. Talks are expected to resume this week after Britain and the Netherlands both stymied a request for IMF funds to help meet the $1.5 billion in foreign debt that is already due next year. Iceland, which for decades has been reluctant to join the EU, applied for membership last year and negotiations, aimed at a 2012 conclusion, have also been dragged into the controversy. Icelanders argue that it is the banks and politicians who failed to put brakes on a booming economy, encouraging profligate spending and failing to regulate interest rates adequately. Anti-repayment organisers have calculated that the repayments are equivalent to every Icelander being responsible for repaying $16,700 over 14 years and reject the notion that it is they who must bear the burden for others' mistakes. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
