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Mayo 13, 2008

El terrorismo como impuesto

El director de Die Zeit intenta explicar a los norteamericanos por qué la histeria generada por la amenaza terrorista sólo es una forma de conceder la victoria a los terroristas. Una forma realmente onerosa, en términos económicos.

Fear, in other words, is a tax, and al-Qaeda and its ilk have done better at extracting it from Americans than the Internal Revenue Service. Think about the extra half-hour millions of airline passengers waste standing in security lines; the annual cost in lost work hours runs into the billions. Add to that the freight delays at borders, ports and airports, the cost of checking money transfers as well as goods in transit, the wages for beefed-up security forces around the world. And that doesn't even attempt to put a price tag on the compression of civil liberties or the loss of human dignity from being groped in full public view by Transportation Security Administration personnel at the airport or from having to walk barefoot through the metal detector, holding up your beltless pants. This global transaction tax represents the most significant victory of Terror International to date.

Posted by Iñigo at Mayo 13, 2008 09:18 PM

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Lo que el director de Die Zeit deberia tener en cuenta es que este gasto de dinero va a unos determinados bolsillos, en forma de presupuestos para seguridad privada, empresas que instalan camaras, etc etc.

El terrorismo simplemente es el abono y el agua para que crezca la planta del miedo, pero los verdaderos beneficiados no son los terroristas sino aquellos que dia a dia trabajan para que los terroristas nos provoquen terror.

Posted by: Ferran at Mayo 14, 2008 10:47 AM