I haven’t been able to write on this subject because I have been gobsmacked by 1. the sheer stupidity of it and 2. the hurt it has caused many people in our country. I say stupidity as AUSTERITY does NOT work. Taking money from lower level income people takes money out of the real economy which will damage businesses even more and our ability to grow the economy. Or is that the plan? The second impact is on the physical and emotional well being of the people this is being done to. This Government is the most uncaring Government the people of Ireland have ever witnessed. Hitting the people who are blind or have a disability is just mind blowing to me. I really find it hard to believe they actually did this. It truly disgusts me that some people actually justify this in public. The Bank Bonuses then add insult to injury. Yet if Banks all over the world where to pay what is called a Tobin Tax (after the man who suggested it) think of what should have been done in the boom times and still could be done tomorrow, the day after and the day after that…. There are alternative economic policies and this high level cronyism just has to be stopped at Global as well as local levels.
