Thanks for a well researched and interesting post, Dana. Here in the US, most news reports ignore what is going on in other countries unless we're at war with them or likely to go to war with them. Now and then CNN or someone will have a 30 second clip on the problems of the EU and that's about it.
The arrogance of the powerful and the wealthy when it comes to the less fortunate members of society is incredible. I don't know if these people are just ignorant (I doubt it) or whether their goal is to eliminate poverty by eliminating the impoverished. It sounds to me like the UK's Tory party has joined Republicans in the US with the motto, "Let 'em die in the streets."
