The Malta Independent
Yesterday`s children are now grown adults. Those whom` former Minister of Finance Bonello Dupuis condemned` to bear the burden of debt produced by 15 years of reckless spending, are now voting adults trying to make ends meet as inflation and taxes eat away the purchasing power of their wages.
`Minister of Finance Bonello Dupuis condemned` to bear the burden of debt produced by 15 years of reckless spending, are now voting adults`
And fearing the rage of these former children who can now reason with their vote, as well demonstrated in the local election, the government is boxed in a corner with no serious answer to the country`s ills.` Instead it tries to wipe the egg off its face by such sentimental arguments that the burden of past excesses being demanded from yesterday`s children, is necessary in the interest of tomorrow`s children.
But as if the absurdity of that argument is not enough, it was also necessary to bring back the skeletons of the 80`s violence from the cupboard.` Sort of saying that for all the present failings we are today much better off than in the days of the 80`s during the third consecutive Labour legislature of 1982-1987 when democracy was threatened by oppression of minorities.
Now I am the first to condemn without reservation` the violence and oppression that occurred during the period.` But this is 2002! No matter how bad the 1980`s violence was it is no comparison to the general oppression suffered by the Labourites in the 1960`s.` But the same way the eighties violence cannot by justified by the sixties oppression, government` is scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to justify to yesterday`s children current failings by the eighties violence. And then can anyone seriously believe that that violence was one-sided and that Labour government had any interest in exploding bombs on the doorsteps of some of its key collaborators.
`a government in its third term is often a bad experience. This lesson is being currently re-learnt. A fourth term would be disastrous and yesterday`s children know it and mean it`
What yesterday`s children are concerned about today is that they feel insecure in their job, that they are receiving much higher utility bills, that their standard of living is being eroded by inflation and taxes, that they have to survive in one of the worst environments in any civilized country and that the quality of life of their family is being eroded by the condemnation to life-long debt servicing to own a simple residence.
I detest the political and religious oppression of the sixties when it was a mortal sin to read, listen, think and vote Labour. I might find a bit more consolation if the PN Leader were to make a public apology for this behaviour, emulating the Archbishop, particularly as the PN was the major beneficiary of this oppression. This step would enhance his credentials to demand from Labour an apology for the eighties violence, which though equally detestable was much more limited in scale and intensity and was certainly not one-sided.
But I detest most of all expired` politicians seeking to cover up their failings by raising selectively those yesterday`s specters that suit them to tone down the rage that yesterday`s children feel for being forced to bear the burden of their father`s irresponsible financial management.
The eighties thought us that a government in its third term is often a bad experience. This lesson is being currently re-learnt. A fourth term would be disastrous and yesterday`s children know it and mean it.
Yesterday`s children are now grown adults. Those whom` former Minister of Finance Bonello Dupuis condemned` to bear the burden of debt produced by 15 years of reckless spending, are now voting adults trying to make ends meet as inflation and taxes eat away the purchasing power of their wages.
`Minister of Finance Bonello Dupuis condemned` to bear the burden of debt produced by 15 years of reckless spending, are now voting adults`
And fearing the rage of these former children who can now reason with their vote, as well demonstrated in the local election, the government is boxed in a corner with no serious answer to the country`s ills.` Instead it tries to wipe the egg off its face by such sentimental arguments that the burden of past excesses being demanded from yesterday`s children, is necessary in the interest of tomorrow`s children.
But as if the absurdity of that argument is not enough, it was also necessary to bring back the skeletons of the 80`s violence from the cupboard.` Sort of saying that for all the present failings we are today much better off than in the days of the 80`s during the third consecutive Labour legislature of 1982-1987 when democracy was threatened by oppression of minorities.
Now I am the first to condemn without reservation` the violence and oppression that occurred during the period.` But this is 2002! No matter how bad the 1980`s violence was it is no comparison to the general oppression suffered by the Labourites in the 1960`s.` But the same way the eighties violence cannot by justified by the sixties oppression, government` is scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to justify to yesterday`s children current failings by the eighties violence. And then can anyone seriously believe that that violence was one-sided and that Labour government had any interest in exploding bombs on the doorsteps of some of its key collaborators.
`a government in its third term is often a bad experience. This lesson is being currently re-learnt. A fourth term would be disastrous and yesterday`s children know it and mean it`
What yesterday`s children are concerned about today is that they feel insecure in their job, that they are receiving much higher utility bills, that their standard of living is being eroded by inflation and taxes, that they have to survive in one of the worst environments in any civilized country and that the quality of life of their family is being eroded by the condemnation to life-long debt servicing to own a simple residence.
I detest the political and religious oppression of the sixties when it was a mortal sin to read, listen, think and vote Labour. I might find a bit more consolation if the PN Leader were to make a public apology for this behaviour, emulating the Archbishop, particularly as the PN was the major beneficiary of this oppression. This step would enhance his credentials to demand from Labour an apology for the eighties violence, which though equally detestable was much more limited in scale and intensity and was certainly not one-sided.
But I detest most of all expired` politicians seeking to cover up their failings by raising selectively those yesterday`s specters that suit them to tone down the rage that yesterday`s children feel for being forced to bear the burden of their father`s irresponsible financial management.
The eighties thought us that a government in its third term is often a bad experience. This lesson is being currently re-learnt. A fourth term would be disastrous and yesterday`s children know it and mean it.
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