Liberty to fight for

It is too easy to turn to governments in search of security. In Britain, new DNA databases and ID cards promise to save us all. They say there cannot be freedom without security. Governments wish to trade their responsibility to our security for something that does not belong to them: freedom belongs to individuals, not to a distant bureaucratic elite. If the Free World is to win its struggle against extremism and oppression, it will need something to fight for.

(Spanish) Libertad por la que luchar

Balancing budgets

Personal debt in Britain surpassed the country’s GDP in 2007, totalling £1,423 bn (Credit Action, 1st May 2008), an average household debt of £9,216 ($18,277) excluding mortgages. Low interest rates are usually blamed but applying for a loan and a credit card is not mandatory. It is easy to blame the Bank of England and modern finance but they just offer tools that need to be used wisely. British have been living beyond their means for too long, counting on an ever-lasting housing bubble to back their debt and purchase goods that they could not afford. The country’s public finances are in shambles and the Britons demand a balanced budged to the government. They could start by balancing their own personal finances.

From http://sidereus.org

(Spanish) Cuadrando presupuestos