A little Euro Fable.

The Euro And The Hot Air Balloon

You are up in a hot air balloon, in the middle of a much publicised and prestigious attempt to cross some huge continent. Things have been going well for a good while now, a fair wind has favoured you, and has disguised any problems you thought you might have had with your gas supplies. This had been an early concern, but was something which you felt it necessary to take a chance on; you couldn't wait forever.

Looking good in this enterprise was vital, and so you had made certain that your balloon was as eye catching and impressive looking as it was possible to make it. You were going to show them all that it really could be done.

Ahead of you, far away but in sight, are a vast range of mountains which you had always known would present you with your biggest challenge. But, as that fair wind was no longer behind you, you also know by now that your gas is just not going to get you over those peaks. So your choice is simple.

Choice number one is that you accept that you won't make it, and exercise a controlled descent. This will safeguard all those on board, (you were not alone, many others were airborne with you, most without being asked if they felt like making such an unlikely and hazardous journey). You will then, as a result of this “failure” be obliged to accept the bit of bad publicity that would come your way, but everyone is safe and life returns to normal very quickly.

Choice number two is for you to attempt to cross the range, knowing that you are almost certain to come to grief. This option allows you to delay, just a little longer, the moment of public failure. As you had always maintained that you could accomplish this flight successfully, the attraction of this delay is very appealing to you. Even more appealing to you is the fact that you are able to eject at the right moment because you had prepared yourself, but everyone else suffers as the balloon crashes into the rocks.

No sane or reasonable man would pick the second option.

But that is exactly what the unelected politburo of the EU and their minions are doing now while they pursue their futile efforts to save the Euro. To this hopeless end, they are obviously quite happy to see the impoverishment of hundreds of millions of people, and the subverting of democracy in Europe. The forthcoming calamity is nothing to them just as long as they aren't seen to have been wrong all these years. They don't mind the long drawn out processes, it makes them look useful. They are just kicking the tin down the street a bit. Unbelievably, out of vanity, they are taking option two.

 And they can do this because they enjoy, (at our expense), fantastic, barely taxed salaries and pensions, and will suffer not at all when this ridiculous political experiment finally obeys gravity and comes hurtling down to earth.

But WE are going to pay. We are the passengers who didn't ask to go on the ride . Brace yourself for a meeting with the rocks.