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Old 07-27-13, 11:35 AM   #8
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No problem, a big war will solve all problems.
Some people say that "he who does not know history is damned to relive it", i just say that people die too early, and the young ones always make all mistakes again.
No one ever learned from history.


maybe (!) by Tucholsky:


Wenn die Börsenkurse fallen,
regt sich Kummer fast bei allen,
aber manche blühen auf:
Ihr Rezept heißt Leerverkauf.

Keck verhökern diese Knaben
Dinge, die sie gar nicht haben,
treten selbst den Absturz los,
den sie brauchen - echt famos!

Leichter noch bei solchen Taten
tun sie sich mit Derivaten:
Wenn Papier den Wert frisiert,
wird die Wirkung potenziert.

Wenn in Folge Banken krachen,
haben Sparer nichts zu lachen,
und die Hypothek aufs Haus
heißt, Bewohner müssen raus.

Trifft's hingegen große Banken,
kommt die ganze Welt ins Wanken -
auch die Spekulantenbrut
zittert jetzt um Hab und Gut!!

Soll man das System gefährden?
Da muss eingeschritten werden:
Der Gewinn, der bleibt privat,
die Verluste kauft der Staat.

Dazu braucht der Staat Kredite,
und das bringt erneut Profite,
hat man doch in jenem Land
die Regierung in der Hand.

Für die Zechen dieser Frechen
hat der Kleine Mann zu blechen
und - das ist das Feine ja -
nicht nur in Amerika!

Und wenn Kurse wieder steigen,
fängt von vorne an der Reigen -
ist halt Umverteilung pur,
stets in eine Richtung nur.

Aber sollten sich die Massen
das mal nimmer bieten lassen,
ist der Ausweg längst bedacht:
Dann wird bisschen Krieg gemacht.



English translation - not quite that good, but you get the meaning:


When stock markets fall,
All are moved to grief,
For some the hope remains, however--
Short selling: their relief

What they do not own,
These bold knaves take and sell,
To start the crash that they require,
Isn't this so swell!

Easier still than that--
Derivatives, they juggle round,
For when the paper boosts its value,
Benefits compound.

If this leads to banks collapsing,
For savers it's no laughing matter.
For the mortage on their houses,
Residents must scatter.

But if this hits the larger banks,
The whole world starts to quake-
In fear for their possessions,
The spawn of gamblers start to shake.

Action must be taken,
We must protect the system's fate--
The profits will be kept in private,
The debts paid by the state.

For this we must have public bonds,
The profits will be so much!
For knaves in every land do have,
The governments in their own clutch.

For these rascals' debts,
The little guy must pay,
And -it gets better yet-
Not just in USA!

And should the market rise again,
The dance begins anew.
This is simply redistribution,
The direction is just askew.

But if the masses rise,
And will not take it any more,
The solution is quite simple:
We start a little war!



It is meanwhile doubted that it is from Tucholsky, but bet I can better say squirrel, than americans say Tucholsky
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