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About money – Interest - interest on interest

and Greed

Lament of a banker who believes in interest


:-(


« Oh my dear, dear interest
and interest on interest
you were a good profit for me
now you want to go
can’t relax now
and I must suffer
got to do something somehow.

Too bad - I had
a very good time with you »

:-(




Money rules the world
Greed ruins the world



In the large world of money
it’s all about large payments and paybacks -
in particular interest.
The politicians prostrate in front of the power of capital.
They act like the fire brigade -
they take action only when there is a fire.
But one thing’s already burnt -
unfortunately – MONEY - in the bad banks

The capital without restraint, politics react with impuissance.
Gains are privatised – and hidden from the revenue office.
Losses are socialised – and made public, of course.

Fortunately, there are also money printing presses.
- what a wonderful way to increase the amount of money -
have you already heard : Turb exchange or high-frequency trading
in one second
1 million transactions are executed.
Now it is perfect:
Machines are replacing people
during the unbridles increase in money
of millions of dollars or Euros
- errors - flash crash – including abuse -
the machine knows neither pity nor compassion.

Some believe in a God
who created the world from nothing
others prefer to believe
in the miracle of the multiplication of money
by doing nothing.

Let’s wait and see – whether people can act like God.

The "Ancient Greeks" 2000 years ago were guilty of
hybris – gluttony -
the gravest crime of mankind
then the Gods became involved.

Some people infatuated with money
gamble at the others’ expense
- the stupid ones – the ones that have to work -
- many for an hourly wage of 5 Euros -
and – like a travesty -
also have to pay for the large sums of money lost by
these gamblers.

:-) I’ve given up – understanding this :-(

Will we still experience it -
The abolition of interest or, at least the abuse?
the ECB loans money for 0.75% -
an overdraft credit costs 9% - 16%
depending on the financial institution – these interests are set in stone -
there is no discussion.
And don’t you dare miss a payment.

Germany’s federal debt was 2.1 trillion Euros -
in January 2012 – that is a number with 12 zeros at the end -
the state has to go into debt – in order to pay the interests -
- USA’s federal debts rose to 16 dollars -
sometimes it’s 16 trillion – other times it’s 20 trillion -
but that’s not really important anymore -
1 trillion – so what?

What politician or citizen believes
that this debt can ever be paid back -
On the contrary – we keep on making debts – zealously -

Where the money comes from
to pay back the debts and the interest -
that is of no interest to the banks at all,
unless – the government is unable to pay -
then they cry loudly for help-
well – we’ve already experienced this
in the last years and months -

Money rules the world – greed ruins the world

The one-sided thinking in monetary values is corrupt

What monetary value does a person have -
a small baby -
an adolescent -
an adult -
a senior -

A person is only suddenly too expensive when working
Here is discarded as a worthless burden.
We truly are a society that throws things away -
we don’t even stop when it comes to people.

www.terraner.de/Politik/Staatsverschuldung.htm

Islam also forbids interest -
until the 18th century, Christianity did as well -
www.focus.de/finanzen/news/bank-darf-keine-zinsen-erheben-erste-islambank-in-deuschland-gegruendet_aid_808392.html
see also: "Zins und Kritik am Zins"
de.search.yahoo.com/search?fr=ffds1&p=Zins

Inflation -
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Inflation_1914_bis_1923#Vorgeschichte


Text and photo by me - Elbertinum
translation by Tamara Girke