Cleaning. Old papers and crumpled notes. A bag full of junk to throw away. Also a stack of envelopes of Postbank I come from. Remember, those light gray? That until recently it used to giro cards, money orders or other records to the Postbank (free) to send. No more than three years ago I had no doubt that envelopes because they were simply convenient and useful. Now they are relentlessly on the pile of disposable paper ended. What happened? Why is the value of those envelopes nil?
When we Foundation "Quelli di Astaroth" founded in 2004, we opened an account at Postbank. Simple, trouble-free, even for a business account. Postbank was also hugely popular in the Netherlands for his down to earth approach to financial matters. But it could not continue because the trend is to make money and take out a trend and the Netherlands have become prone country. ING Bank, Postbank and this is taken over by the new fashion: big, bigger, biggest (read: financial power). Of course they have the customers (consumers, what an ugly word) reassurance that everything will continue as before. Tons, perhaps millions are spent on publicity campaigns and marketing strategies to convince us that the merger of Postbank was just fine.
But none of that. Lies of liars finances. ING was only interested in customers of Postbank. So customers and continue to do what they want. Transactions must now be paid. All services now have a price. Customer service is hard to find. And free envelopes? Ah, that use no more dog because we are modern and we do everything via internet banking. So the ING bank branches may close and all the staff redundant. And then you hear is that ING's own money and private money from the customer invests in the arms industry ...
Signs of the times. Everything is money, everything is profit, yield, profits, economy. The financial giants do what they want, corporate rules.
But wait a minute ... We have just rescued the banks of the bankruptcy. We, the citizens, taxpayers, the ordinary people. She: ING Bank, ABN AMRO Bank ... We have pumped billions to prevent the banks went bankrupt because they are totally irresponsible for years have dealt with their cases. Two years ago, the government (we) tons of money (our money) to the bank unconditionally because they were stupid. ING did not even have "Thank you" said. And we, the citizens had swallowed it. That they have screwed us and they even continue to do everything they want with us and with our money. And more recently with the culture. Yes, because money is, all the money has gone to the banks. Therefore it must be cut. Where can the money be found? In art, the (cost?) Of an orchestra, the grant of a theater, tickets in the VAT increase. So the culture. The banks have lost billions and culture to fill the hole ... Who's crazy now?
Well, I really throw away all those envelopes. But I will keep one for me to remember other times when the Netherlands was a better country. And also very practical to quickly recall the account of "Quelli di Astaroth" to move to another bank that is less severe (but seem to be catching, because banks remain very)
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