{"id":14063,"date":"2012-11-15T12:59:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T19:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=14063"},"modified":"2012-11-15T12:59:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T19:59:45","slug":"tunisa-imf-dirty-mf-they-call-it-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=14063","title":{"rendered":"Tunisa: IMF Dirty MF, They Call it Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

IMF Dirty MF
\nPadded with power here they come
\nInternational loan sharks backed by the guns
\nOf market hungry military profiteers
\nWhose word is a swamp and whose brow is smeared
\nWith the blood of the poor
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

IMF ready to provide funds to help Tunisia recovery<\/strong>
\nBy Anna Yukhananov – 14 November, 2012 – Reuters<\/p>\n

(Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund is willing to provide external financing to Tunisia to help it recover from last year’s political turmoil, David Lipton, the IMF’s first deputy managing director, said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“The IMF stands ready to help Tunisia with policy advice, technical assistance and, if appropriate, financing,” said Lipton, who visited the country this week and met with political and business leaders.<\/p>\n

Tunisia was swept up in the Arab Spring uprisings last year across the Middle East and North Africa, which toppled its ruler after an almost 23-year reign.<\/p>\n

Since then, several countries in the region have struggled to regain economic stability while dealing with political transition and a slowing global economy. Governments have spent billions to create jobs and cope with rising living costs.<\/p>\n

In its annual assessment of Tunisia earlier this year, the IMF said the north African nation is still struggling to emerge from recession and faces risks from the euro zone debt crisis and internal tensions.<\/p>\n

Lipton said countries in the region should engage with the international community and private investors to shore up growth and create jobs.<\/p>\n

“Many problems in the Arab countries in transition do not have ready-made solutions; work with many partners is necessary to address them,” he said. ….more<\/p>\n

Call It Democracy<\/strong>
\nBruce Cockburn – 1985<\/p>\n

Padded with power here they come
\nInternational loan sharks backed by the guns
\nOf market hungry military profiteers
\nWhose word is a swamp and whose brow is smeared
\nWith the blood of the poor<\/p>\n

Who rob life of its quality
\nWho render rage a necessity
\nBy turning countries into labour camps
\nModern slavers in drag as champions of freedom<\/p>\n

Sinister cynical instrument
\nWho makes the gun into a sacrament —
\nThe only response to the deification
\nOf tyranny by so-called “developed” nations’
\nIdolatry of ideology<\/p>\n

North South East West
\nKill the best and buy the rest
\nIt’s just spend a buck to make a buck
\nYou don’t really give a flying fuck
\nAbout the people in misery<\/p>\n

IMF dirty MF
\nTakes away everything it can get
\nAlways making certain that there’s one thing left
\nKeep them on the hook with insupportable debt<\/p>\n

See the paid-off local bottom feeders
\nPassing themselves off as leaders
\nKiss the ladies shake hands with the fellows
\nOpen for business like a cheap bordello<\/p>\n

And they call it democracy<\/p>\n

See the loaded eyes of the children too
\nTrying to make the best of it the way kids do
\nOne day you’re going to rise from your habitual feast
\nTo find yourself staring down the throat of the beast
\nThey call the revolution<\/p>\n

IMF dirty MF
\nTakes away everything it can get
\nAlways making certain that there’s one thing left
\nKeep them on the hook with insupportable debt <\/p>\n

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