Some comments on my last day of work for the semester.

Like the title suggests today was my final day, my final exam and my final routine of this semester. And so, I've decided to leave some brief notes about things and stuff.

1. The State's budget for 2010 and from 2009
   

   
   
   

I don't care, if you hate it, love it or are indifferent to it. What I would like to say, for now, is that a work like this… requires a lot of human resources, a lot of people, who spent whole days without sleep or something decent to eat. And as a leader and figure head the Minister of Finance should stress the work and the commitment the first line workers had to put in to this, that it could be presented by his excellence. Most of the times public recognition of effort is more value than a pay check.

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   It's all very funny while were all staring at Greece
   

   
   
   

Austerity, hear of it? It rimes with prosperity in more ways than one.

I know times are hard… that people are losing jobs when night turns to day, everywhere, and that people can hardly pay the bills. And unfortunately the bad news do not end there… because everything is going to get worst, much worst.

So if you're in lower or middle class I advise you to be very careful with your investments. So if you're planning on buying a new TV, don't do it just yet! Or if you're planning on moving from the suburbs to the center, don't…

Because, I can almost with certain say that this year's salaries will not raise, but next on the next one they'll decrease. SO be careful, very careful.

Portugal is With a Big dept, 85% of the GDP (in Portuguese: PIB), which means every one hundred dollars we produce, 85 go to pay dept, leaving the country with only with 15 out of the 100 to spend in, everything from Health Service, Justice department, Schooling, etc…

1. How do we solve this?
   

   
   
   

There are three ways that will solve this problem, but every single one of them will take the same sacrifice (There's really no easy way out):

1. Decrease the Public expenses
   
2. Increase Production
   
3. Sell the country to some rich companies
   

The two first will most certainly mean privatization of many public enterprises, and reduction on pay checks for a couple of years. The third one is all that and a miserable life. There are no good options just a bad one

1. Now that I'm in vacations I need something to do.
   

   
   
   

Any ideas?

1. It's all about strategy.
   

   
   
   

And this is mine.