Back to the stone age

Have you ever had one of those days where you look around you and think "The whole world is crazy" OR maybe, "This place is Crazy" ??

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UPDATE 3-Italian truck strike stops fuel, food supplies

Italy truck strike causes chaos

Italian Truck Driver Strike To Continue Until Friday

Italian truck strike causes chaos

It amazes me some days that this country has made it to the technological level that it has. (And that really isn't saying that much)

Here we have a Union, that is striking for what would seem to be a good reason. The price of diesel fuel in Italy is 30-40 cents/liter higher than in surrounding countries because of the taxes the current government has implemented in an effort to reduce the national debt to below the 2.2% of GNP required by the EU. The truck drivers are obviously not happy with this. What kills me, is that initial estimates are that this strike could cost the country upwards of 5 BILLION Euros in lost revenues, rotten fruit and dropping stock value, (FIAT stock dropped 2.3 % after the news that the factories had to shutdown due to a lack of parts.)

So, wouldn't that mean they will actually be making the problem worse.

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