Genre: Opinion/Argumentation

The Politicians can not be trusted. Dr. Christopher A. Sims (2011 Nobel Prize winner)came to Taipei a few days ago, He gave a speech about the European Debts, His conclusion was that: The politicians will try to avoid resolving the issues,......We can only hope for the best. It is really sad, It seems to me that he lost the confidence with the European Democratic Political system, and the European Economy will be bad for a while, we can not expect much from the Politicians, the American policy seems to be a non-involvement altitude, How could the world economy be good with the European economy in such bad shape? So, What should we do? May be,...... Let us prepare for a long, cold Winter,......What went wrong? Over the past decades, most people trusted the Politicians, we thought they will bring us the peace, the properity,......But, the Democratic process will always cause the overcommitment from the Political candidates, they promised things they can not deliver, or they gave people the hope they can not realize,......Eventually, there will be disappointments, anger, hate,depression,unemployment,economic chaos,...... When you review the the past history of many Politicians, you may find that: There are a lot of inconsistency, hipocracy,.....They are not the real persons, they represent too many conflicting interest groups, So, How could you trust these strange creatures? These creatures will do anything just for their survival, at best, like Obama, he is a cunning showman, or like Romney, he is no longer the person I used to know,...... I agree with Dr. Sims, they will "avoid resolving the issues,......" May be a slow down is not a bad thing, May be "Small is beautiful ", May be "Simplicity is good",...... May be "Go back to nature" is a good idea,...... We started the 21st century with an warning from the Financial markets, The wars and the conflicts from the 20th century were not settled yet, in the mean time, the problems on hand are getting worse and worse, and there is no true leadership to resolve the global issues, but the global trades and investments has already grown out of proportion, one thing for sure, there will be more global conflicts, disputes, ...... but, there will be no solutions,...... More and more people are convinced that: Democracy is not working. Especially, for a successful developing economy, a strong and efficient Government Bureaucracy is extremely necessary, Singapore is the living example, Freedom is not pragmatic, For the poor, they can only choose between slave or starve, that is why I think: The American can only maintain the economic interests in the international arena, If the American try to export the "Democracy", I would really doubt how many will believe in that. This may be something not pleasant for the most Americans, I believe, my observation can be trusted.