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A woman walks past several thousand people taking part in a rally called by Spanish trade unions UGT and CCOO in Vigo, northwestern Spain, March 29, during the 24-hour general strike called in Spain to protest against the Government's labor reform.
Juan Medina / Reuters
Protesters shout slogans during a general strike in central Madrid March 29, 2012. Spanish unions said a high turnout for a general strike to protest government budget cuts and reforms on Thursday had almost brought heavy industry to a halt while the government said the day was proceeding normally.
Andrea Comas / Reuters
A worker walks past AVE high-speed trains at Madrid's Atocha station during a general strike in Spain March 29, 2012. Spanish unions said a high turnout for a general strike to protest government budget cuts and reforms on Thursday had almost brought heavy industry to a halt while the government said the day was proceeding normally.
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A young man is seen bleeding after being struck by police during a national strike in Madrid on March 29, 2012. Unions have called a national strike to protest the labor reforms, which weaken industry-wide work contracts and make it cheaper to lay off workers.
msnbc news services report: Flag-waving Spanish workers livid over labor reforms they see as flagrantly pro-business blocked traffic Thursday, forming boisterous picket lines outside wholesale markets and bus garages, as part of a nationwide strike.
Unions claimed massive participation in the 24-hour stoppage protesting what they claim to be the latest dose of bitter medicine Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's conservative government has prescribed to appease European Union overseers and jittery investors watching Spain's debt grow and its GDP shrink.
Full story: Spanish workers strike against labor reforms
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SPAIN'S REAL ISSUE
Just under ten years ago, the Far Left Socialist Workers Party won the Majority of Seats in Government. Since Then:
1. Wages were forced way up.... causing employers to both higher less & lay off. Also causeing rises in both Inflation & Prices of Goods.
2. Pensions were increased.... causing major stress on the Government & Corporations to fund them.
3. Industry became less competitive, as margins decreased & expenses exploded, due to added employment costs & increases in Pension funding.
4. Large Businesses began to close... more, and more... and many more. This....
5. Caused unemployment to increase, as more people fought for fewer jobs.
SOCIALISM WORKS.... UNTIL YOU RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLES MONEY
......Spain is a classic example of how Higher Taxes & Higher Wages sound Great, yet the reality they deliver are horrible. Now, the Government that put all this in place is now trying to clean up the mess it started. Spaniards are not happy, hearing that their Wages wil be cut, Pensions will be cut, Work Weeks will increase. They were made lazy.... kind of like what is happening in the USA under Barrack Obama.
Net results of Iraqi wars and high manipulated oil prices. Most of the economies are broke. Now govts do penny pinching on welfare measures!
PLEASE LOOK AT POINT 3 in LOSERS.
Repetition of Iraqi war dramas in Iran and Syria to increase oil prices by Saudis, oil companies and their lobbyists and their puppet politicians.
Slowly oil supplies from Iran are being choked. Now it is free for all and at the mercy of Saudi & co.
Wait for the oil prices to shoot up to $200 a barrel this time.
Talk about ungrateful people and backstabbers: you have the Sunni Saudi beastly rulers and co!
IRAQ WARS
Net results of Saudi, Kuwait, UAE, oil companies and their lobbyists directed 1991 and 2003 Iraqi wars are
WINNERS
1. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE and other rich ME sharks became richer by manipulating oil prices too high.
2. Oil companies and their lobbyists. Oil prices, which were hardly $30 a barrel before 1991, shot up to $140 a barrel.
3. Since 2003, future traders, rating agencies, Wall Street and oil companies and their lobbyists transferred five trillion dollars from oil importing countries to oil exporting nations.
4. Rich Sunni ME sharks (Saudi Arabia in particular) funded Salaffi and Wahhabi mosques and Islamic radicals and terrorists all over the world. These Sunni Islamic radicals and terrorists are rampaging all over the world. World’s 80 percent of problems are due to them.
LOSERS
1. General US and European nations’ public. There have been high unemployment, cut in welfare measures, housing market collapse and more miseries. Since 2001, US spent three trillion dollars on Iraq and Afghan wars. Did the Saudis and co foot the bill?
2. Poor soldiers killed and injured and their families. In Iraq and Afghan wars 6300 soldiers were killed and 40000 injured.
3. High budget deficits and heavier borrowing. Many nations (PIIGS) and people are on line to bankruptcy!
4. Iraq will plunge into bloody sectarian civil wars leading to the creation of Shiastan, Sunnistan and Kurdistan. Here the losses are of Iraqis.