Drinking our way back to affluence
We are to feel sorry for the poor Public Servants who are overstaffed, inefficient, earn 22% more than the Private Sector, get unlimited sick leave and have continued to get pay increases while everyone else has been either getting wage cuts or losing their jobs altogether. Even with the proposed wage cuts they will still be considerably better off than the 12% of the population lining up in dole queues every week. Shame. Poor things.
And whilst we are top of every European list for alcoholism and drink related illnesses the Government’s response is to cut social welfare payments and make booze cheaper. We are meant to drink our way back to economic recovery. Genius.
I say it again, Ricardo, the bloody cat could make a better job of running this country.