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Scottish Financial Crisis
We bailed-out the Banks.
Now we own them.
Where is OUR bailout?
This country is entering a recession. Our jobs, wages, homes, pensions, benefits and public services are all under threat. We did not cause this crisis. It was the financial elite of wealthy bankers, investors and speculators who have put us in this situation; it was the banks that we just bailed-out who are responsible.
Without a discussion or vote in parliament, the British government has spent £537bn of OUR money bailing-out these banks, about 5 times the amount of money spent on our NHS each year.
"Where is OUR bailout?"
The British government bailed the banks out with OUR money. The banks are part-nationalised, now being managed by the British government. This means that WE own them, and they should be being run in the public interest. We must start making demands of the government and the banks, so they don’t return to 'business as usual'.
Demonstrate: Fri., 24th Oct, 5pm, meet at the Mound
• We demand guarantees that our jobs, wages homes, pensions, benefits, and public services will not be cut or lost completely.
• We demand large investments in our important public services, like the NHS and public transport.
• We demand windfall taxes on the wealthy electricity companies and our bills kept low, so that we dont suffer from fuel poverty this winter.
• We demand investment in social housing that is free from the chaos inherent in the markets.
Make YOUR demands heard!
Demonstrate, Edinburgh, Friday 24th of October. Gather 5pm at the top of the mound. Bring your banners, placards, and demands.
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See also:-
* http://scotland.indymedia.org/node/11368 (Edinburgh Financial Crisis Protest: "We wont pay for your crisis!")
* http://scotland.indymedia.org/node/11394 (What does this bail-out mean for us?)
* http://anarchistblackcat.org/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=1923 (ABC discussion of the same topic)
Do you seriously think that the government buying shares in something means that "we" therefore own it?
Do you think that "we" own the army, or the police, or the NHS, or the Houses of Parliament?
Do you not see a differentiation between the government, and the general working population?
There are some other minor issues with that call out, but this I think is a key one.