Spanish Demonstration Protesting Against the Austerity Measures.mp4
Channel: sunisthefuture
Date: 2012-09-28

This is a recording (segments during 5 hour duration: 7:00 P.M.-midnight) of the planned Spanish demonstration (permitted up to 9:30P.M)protesting against the Austerity measures (more tax hikes, cutting spending, benefits, and salaries) announced by the Spanish government, on September 26, 2012, at Plaza De Las Cortes, Madrid, Spain. Even though our intended coverage was for Solar Decathlon Europe 2012, we arrived in Madrid in midst of this crowd of demonstrators. It was filmed and uploaded by Susan Sun Nunamaker and edited by Michael Nunamaker. More details about this evening and its relationship to solar energy at Sep. 27, 2012 post of Sun Is The Future at http://sunisthefuture.net/?m=20120927

With the national unemployment rate of 25% and youth unemployment rate being close to 50%, the hiking tax and cutting back on benefits, salaries, and various projects promised by Spanish government's  Austerity measures just do not make intuitive sense to me. Historically, most governments would combat high unemployment rate with economic stimulus packages or programs rather than austerity. I strongly believe that continuation of renewable energy projects in Spain would help to decrease youth unemployment, decrease brain drain, and decrease discontentment of the Spanish people. Perhaps it is due to the tied hands of the Spanish government as a result of their lack of ability to print their own currency ( this is the limitation as a member of the eurozone). For further understanding of the Spanish economic crisis, more clips, below:   
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt7pVaSiEYk&feature=g-vrec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PTrCi8yE7Y&feature=g-vrec
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlZ0gzE0rBM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWyGFaoD3oU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooykPM-eaUY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY6JndXtBbg&feature=related

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