They know it, too; they know they have to shove this thing down our throat, that the peoples of the planet wouldn't willingly swallow global governance.
"Romanians to elect new parliament; Vote expected to sting leaders who favor West" by Alison Mutler, Associated Press | November 30, 2008
BUCHAREST - Romanians fearful that the global economic crisis will bring layoffs and painful belt-tightening will elect a new parliament today in a vote expected to deliver a rebuke to pro-Western leaders many see as out of touch.
Just a few weeks ago, Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu suggested publicly that the nation of 22 million was somehow immune to the meltdown gripping the faltering world economy.
Time for another moment Ceasecue, Romanians!
But a string of grim economic news punctured that optimism and has given the left-wing Social Democrats their best chance in years of winning this weekend's elections. Tariceanu's center-right Liberal Party has lagged far behind in recent polls with about 20 percent support.
Gonna be hard to steal that election.
Turnout was expected to be low because of widespread distrust in politicians - perhaps the lowest since a bloody revolt toppled communism in 1989.... Critics of Tariceanu's minority government contend it has exposed Romania to financial disaster through the same freemarket policies that helped bring it into the European Union in 2007.
Mircea Geoana, the leader of the Social Democrats - which includes former Communist Party leaders - has capitalized on fears that years of unprecedented economic growth are giving way to job losses and austerity measures. At least one poll suggested that Geoana's party was surging ahead of President Traian Basescu's centrist Democratic Liberal Party.
It appeared unlikely, however, that the bloc would get enough votes to form a majority, meaning another coalition government is likely.... In the past three years, Romania's economy has grown by a robust 8 percent a year. Wages also have increased, partly because of a flat tax of 16 percent on both personal and corporate income that Tariceanu's Liberals introduced in 2005 to help attract foreign investment.
Maybe we should try that here, America!
The burgeoning economy was boosted by the estimated 2 million Romanians working abroad in menial jobs, particularly in Italy and Spain, who sent home an estimated $9 billion in remittances last year alone.
Translation: Romanian ILLEGALS (maybe not in the EU, but compared to America) are sending money back home like AMERICAN ILLEGALS!!!!
But now, thousands of jobs are in jeopardy as the global crisis increasingly is felt....
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