Monday, December 5, 2011

A cruel cut

The cut in Job Seeker's allowance by one third is not at all in proportion to high earners' pension cuts.

Why?

A person who works three days a week and is unemployed for two days and is on the basic allowance loses one third of his/her allowance as a result of today's budget.

If the Dublin Government announced today that no-one can earn more than €100.000 per year and cut all State pensions to a maximum of €50,000, maybe they could be taken as honourable people.

As it stands it appears they are simply another set of political huxters with neither vistion nor care.

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