The Rich Get Richer and You Know the Rest

The past years the governments of the free world propped up the financial institutions of Bay Street and Wall Street to the tune of trillions of dollars. Where did the money come from? You the taxpayer who are now asked to tighten your belts because the Government has given away your future. These corporations have just made profits twenty percent above their best years with your money. The American and Canadian Governments have made policies to make sure the corporations make profits for their shareholders. We are not the shareholders.

The governments of Great Britain, Grease and other countries just brought in budgets which have cuts of 25 percent. The cuts are for cutbacks on the poor and the middle class. We are going to pay for the rich to become richer while the poor will become even poorer. Government here and abroad protect the capitalists who control the wealth of the world. Canada as a country has tremendous wealth because of its resources. They are owned by all Canadians but exploited by a few international companies. INCO was the world's biggest producer of nickel and is now owned by a corporation in Brazil.

The men have been on strike for nearly a year but the foreign corporation has been operating the company on scab labour. Why? Because our governments support capitalism. The workers are just a means to profit.

The other night on TV a Republican Senator apologized to BP Oil for the disruption of their drilling and oil production. With this mindset it is difficult for our youth to have any confidence in government protection of the people they serve. The G8 are meeting and these countries control most of the wealth of the world. They promised to help Africa with their health problem, mainly HIV and AIDS. These countries never lived up to their promises and when they did they sent outdated medicines to these people. A Canadian, Stephen Lewis has devoted his life to the women of Africa and is world renowned for his effort.

He is ashamed of our government for not meeting their commitment and pulling out of their future work by stipulating that abortion will not be supported by funds from Canada. Teenaged girls are raped as acts if war and have to bear children from this terrible situation. We were sponsoring a program that would see these unfortunate souls being cared for by clean clinics. Otherwise a high percentage will die from infection in the back alleys of Africa without proper care.

Let us hope the (legitimate) protesters are heard during the G8 and G20 talks, and ordinary people will benefit from the Billion Dollar Conference held in Canada.