„Íslands óreiðu menn – Eggert Briem”
Ræða flutt á Opnum borgarafundi #3
á NASA við Austurvöll, mánudaginn 17. nóvember 2008
Þegar Roosevelt tók öðru sinni við embætti forseta BNA í miðri heimskreppunni, sagði hann í innsetningarávarpi sínu:
“Við höfum alltaf vitað að taumlaus eigingirni er siðferðilega röng. Nú vitum við að hún er efnahagslega röng.”
Í fjölmiðlum í BNA er Roosevelt kominn inn úr kuldanum og Reagan hefur verið sendur út.
Reagan dró eitt sinn í ræðu upp eftirfarandi framtíðarmynd:
“Þið munið sitja með barnabörnin við hné ykkar og segja þeim frá því hve gott og frjálst allt var áður en sósíalisminn hélt innreið sína.”
Sósíalisminn sem Reagan var hér að tala um, og sagði að ógnaði frelsinu, voru sjúkratryggingar aldraðra, Medicare, eins og það er kallað.
Frjálshyggjumenn, boðberar stefnu Reagans og Thatcher og Pinochet hafa fengið allt of mikið svigrúm í fjölmiðlum síðustu árin. Þessi sértrúarsöfnuður hefur ætt um eins grenjandi ljón, öskrandi slagorð sín. Eitt mesta fúkyrði þeirra er UMRÆÐUPÓLÍTÍK, notað um atferli þeirra sem vilja ræða og skoða málin og velta fyrir sér afleiðingum tiltekinnar ákvörðunar. Frjálshyggjumenn trúa á hinn bóginn á dulræn fyrirbæri, einkum og sér í lagi hina ósýnilegu hönd. Hin ósýnilega hönd á að sjá um að dreifa molum af borðum hinna ríku til hinna minna ríku.
Látum markaðinn ráða er setning sem heyrist oft. Hún hefur álíka mikla merkingu og setningin: Látum mótorinn í bílnum ráða. Auðvitað vill upplýst fólk að einstaklingar og þjóðfélagið færi sér í nyt þá hagræðingu og þann ágóða sem hagnýting markaðslögmálanna býður upp á. En slíkt krefst stýringar og eftirlits ef menn ætla að búa í siðuðu samfélagi. Eins og einn kunningi minn benti mér á þá eru bremsur á bílum til að við getum ekið hratt.
Fjölmiðlar hafa verið mjög hallir undir hina ofsakenndu markaðstrú, jafnt hér á landi sem annars staðar. Verst hefur sennilega verið fréttastofa Ríkisútvarpsins. Þegar ekki er verið að ræða við fréttaritara á landsbyggðinni er verið að ræða markaðinn. Upplýsingar fréttastofunnar hafa venjulega komið frá greiningardeildum bankanna, sem hafa það hlutverk að mála allt í ljósrauðum litum. Þrátt fyrir þann gríðarlega tíma sem í þennan málaflokk fer virðist enginn fréttamaður vera menntaður hagfræðingur, en slíkur gæti kannske varað fólk við spám greiningardeildanna. Þannig er yfirleitt lítið vit í fréttunum. Égætla að leiða hjá mér að ræða meðferð fréttamanna á háum tölum, eins og milljónum, milljörðum og billjónum.
Hlutföllum milli stærða, eins og skulda og þjóðartekna, hefur verið lítill gaumur gefinn, jafnt hjá fjölmiðlum sem eftirlitsstofnunum, þótt einn seðlabankastjóri segist hafa sent nafnlaust bréf um þessi mál til ríkisstjórnarinnar.
Tökum sem dæmi fjárveitingu Bandaríkjaþings til aðstoðar bönkum og fjármálastofnunum þar í landi. Hún nemur 700 milljörðum dollara. Á okkar mælikvarða, miðað við fólksfjölda, er þessi upphæð 700 milljónir dollara, eða 80 milljarðar íslenskra króna, miðað við gengi dollars eins og það var þegar Icebank (Sparisjóðabankinn ) bað Seðlabankann um svipaða upphæð. þ.e.a.s. sama upphæð á okkar mælikvarða og átti að duga öllum helstu bönkum BNA, dugir rétt handa einu íslensku bankakríli.
Bandarískir gullgerðarmenn reyndu að búa til gull úr ótryggum verðbréfum með því að klippa þau, ásamt betri bréfum, í sundur og líma svo saman á kruss og þvers. Þessi listræni gerningur er talinn hafa komið af stað bankakreppu í heiminum (sem hlaut að koma fyrr eða síðar að mati sumra), og hafa íslenskir ráðamenn, eða kannske íslenskir ráðþrotamenn, verið ósparir við að kenna gullgerðarmönnum um ástandið hér. Tölurnar sem ég nefndi áðan, sýna samt að okkar vandi er margfalt stærri en annarra. Auðvitað er ekki hægt að kenna fjölmiðlum um þetta vanmat, þótt þeir hefðu mátt upplýsa almenning miklu betur. Ég vil þó hér undanskilja umsjónarmenn Spegilsins, sem eru oft með vandaðar fréttaskýringar.
Þeir sem bera ábyrgðina eru að sjálfsögðu ráðamenn. Þau sem stóðu illa að einkavæðingu bankanna og löggjöf í sambandi við eftirlit og að ráðningu manna sem áttu að hafa yfirsýn og eftirlit með þessu öllu saman. Þetta var nefnilega frjálshyggjufólk sem var á móti eftirliti af trúarástæðum, líkt og Vottar Jehova eru á móti blóðgjöf. Það eru þessir menn sem prófessor frá Chicagoháskóla kallar flón.
Í kosningaáróðri Sjálfstæðisflokksins hefur verið hamrað á því að honum einum væri treystandi fyrir yfirstjórn efnahagsmála. Ef efnahagsmálin eru það sem Sjálfstæðismenn eru bestir í, hvernig eru þeir þá í öllu hinu? Það er hlálegt að flokkur sem kennir sig við sjálfstæði skuli með flónsku, óreiðu og getuleysi hafi orðið þess valdandi að þjóðin glatar hluta af sjálfstæði sínu og virðingu annarra þjóða.
Margt skrítið hefur verið sagt að undanförnu. Þegar kreppufundirnir hófust í ráðherrabústaðnum sagði menntamálaráðherra í viðtali við sjónvarpið um ástand mála, að þótt á móti blési ætlaði ríkisstjórnin ekki að bregðast, hún sagði:
“Við ætlum að halda áfram með þessa stórkostlegu íslensku þjóð.”
Mörgum létti, ríkisstjórnin ætlar ekki að segja þjóðinni upp. Öðrum brá, ríkisstjórnin ætlar að halda áfram að rústa því sem enn hefur ekki verið rústað.
Setning úr samtali milli seðlabankastjóra og formanns bankaráðs stærsta banka landsins gæti verið beint úr Sopranoþáttunum.
“If you try to mix with the euro‐gang, I am going to destroy your buisness.”
Nú hefur hin ósýnilega hönd sett á sig bláan hanska og gefið okkur öllum á kjaftinn. Okkur líður mörgum eins og farþegum í rútu, þar sem bílstjórinn er með bundið fyrir augun. Þegar svo rútan lendir í gljúfri og sjúkrabíll kemur að aka okkur, sem enn erum á lífi, á sjúkrahús, þá er bílstjórinn sá sami og var í rútunni.
Í ræðu sinni sem ég minntist á í upphafi sagði Roosevelt einnig,
“Við þurfum ekki að óttast neitt nema óttann sjálfan.”
Við getum bætt við,
“og íslenska ráðamenn úr Sjálfstæðisflokki og Framsóknarflokki.”
-Eggert Briem
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