Spiritual Advice For Greedy Arrogant Mr Brownby Don Clark & Craig Chapman - 17:00 on 22 December 2008Popular Alliance tore into The Archbishop Of Canterbury last year regarding some of his comments about policing and Liberal attitudes in this country, however his recent comments about our kamikaze leader hit the spot, big time.
We have previously stated that politics and religion do not mix well, however on this occasion, the standing of the people speaking out cannot be high enough.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has hit out at Gordon Brown's plans to combat recession by boosting spending and has likened them to an 'addict returning to the drug'.
Rowan Williams also said the credit crunch is a welcome 'reality check' for a society that has become driven by unsustainable greed. (Popular Alliance also said similar 3 weeks ago, whilst the main parties shy away from this truth)
The head of the Church of England's outspoken comments came as he delivered a scathing assessment of moral failings in Britain's economy.
Dr Rowan Williams said the credit crunch was a welcome reality check for a society driven by unsustainable greed.
He said the country had been 'going in the wrong direction' for decades by relying on financial speculation to generate wealth quickly rather than 'making things' and that the UK had backed itself 'into a corner', and must now rediscover 'patience' and re-think the way it viewed material gain.
Dr Williams said the effect of the global financial crisis on the economy had been beneficial because it acted as "a reality check." We take his sentiment here, but we certainly do not advocate thousands of jobless being a necessity.
A reminder that what I think some people have called fairy gold is just that - that sooner or later you have to ask: "What are we making or what are we assembling or accumulating wealth for ?" he said.
The Archbishop called on the Government to give more of a lead on "how the civil society is created" and expressed concerns over the Prime Minister's fiscal stimulus package, which included cutting VAT to get the public spending again. The only government example we have in this situation is to fund a lavish and unsustainable lifestyle off several credit cards and have no means or intention of paying-off any of them.
Questioned on whether increased spending was the right way to tackle the downturn, he said: 'It seems a little bit like the addict returning to the drug.
When the Bible uses the word repentance, it doesn't just mean beating your breast, it means getting a new perspective, and that is perhaps what we are shrinking away from.'
The Archbishop added: 'It is about what is sustainable in the long term and if this is going to drive us back into the same spin, I do not think that is going to help us.'
He said people should not 'spend to save the economy', but instead spend for 'human reasons' - to provide for their own needs.
Dr Williams admitted that he was likely to face criticism for giving economists 'advice' on how to tackle the crisis but said he wanted to ask where the moral questions were in the economic discourse.
Popular Alliance Comment:
Yet another high profile person is challenging the governments strategy and it is good to hear.
What got us into this mess was reckless borrowing and spending at government, corporate and individual levels.
The government's plan to get us out of this mess is "More reckless borrowing and spending at government, corporate and individual levels"
It cannot go on. Our GDP has been inflated for years by recklessness and debt and now we have an economy that needs this over-inflated GDP to exist or all the borrowing figures and public finances look disastrous.
The longer we play the game we are playing, the bigger the fall and the pain. All Brown is doing is delaying it to the term of the next PM.
The German government has also ridiculed Mr Brown's leap off Beachy Head too and having re-adopted the former East Germany, they know a lot about inherant debt.
We welcome more and more comments from key people highlighting the need for a sustainable economy - perhaps from the Royal Family ?? or even The Beckhams ???
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