"to believe, not to believe: that is the question"

Mallory DiGeorge 

Ms. Coffey 

English 

5 October 2011 

"to believe, or not to believe: that is the question" 

To believe, or not to believe: that is the question: Whether 'tis right to trust The innocence and fearlessness of the future, Or fight for disbelief in a world of lies, And by mistrust we dismiss? To believe: to mistrust; No more; and by mistrust we have no faith The let down and reoccurring pokes That self is honor to, 'tis wrong Wishing to be unknown. To believe, to mistrust; To believe; the unknown; ay, there's the rub; For in the belief of unknown, it will all be sacred When one has picked what to do, Must we double check: there's the chance That makes one go back so long life; For who would want to be in the mystery The villian's wrong, the civil man's proud The ache of not knowing, the laws delay, The innocence of the roses and spikes That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When we himself looks into the mistake With what will be discovered? Can it be bared, The heart and time under a weary truth But the darkness scares thy away, The undiscovere'd plane from which we become No looking back must confuse all The choice might sit better Than floating through a land of violence? We remain full of fear; And thus it does not move Is sicklied o'er with the impact stamped, And thus it comes together With the lie known, it shall shrivel, And forget the plate of thought.

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Europe's Debt

This main problem talked about in this article is the Irish’s debt. In this article they discuss the issues and how they plan on solving them. Recognizing that the Irish was struggling with money was hard for them to acknowledge but finally they did. Once they finally acknowledged this problem they were able to brainstorm ideas on how to get out of their deep debt. The idea that they came up with to solve this problem was asking for a loan from the European Union, International Monetary Fund and European Central. The loan would be in the range of billions. By publicity announcing their plan to get out of debt, they hope that this will resolve Irelands problems. As well as Ireland suffering from financial problems, Greece was where the debt first surfaced. Europe plans on helping their debt by cutting public spending, selling additional state assets and raising sales taxes. Greece’s debt was due to government overspending but Irelands was due to damage caused to overextended banks.

I think that this is a good idea for the Irish. Though it is a good idea it also is really the only way they can get out of their debt. Asking for a huge loan can cause problems in the long wrong and this is what they could be overlooking.  It may help them in the beginning to get out of the debt but if they are asking for a loan that involves billions then how are they ultimately going to pay the loan givers back. Paying them back could take many years. This brings up the other problem, who is going to want to give the Irish a loan if it is going to take them so long to pay them back.  These problems that arise from asking for a loan is the reason in my mind why they still have not received one. 

Debt

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/us/politics/11fiscal.html?pagewanted=2&ref=us

This article talks about an idea that Obama has to try and get out of the mass debt we are in now. His new plan includes raising taxes especially for those who make more than 250,000 a year in income. The article says that if they were to stick with what Bush was trying to do which was to lower the taxes then it would put them into an even bigger debt.