Gulia said Labour politicians unlike PN politicians always speak the truth, the whole truth – an outright lie, the clue is in “politician” and not the colour. And our national dino Vella said and I quote “Hallini nitkellem, is-soltu ahna inkunu il-psataz!” We were all speachless. And I must say, “Dolores, if I may, you were a star.”

Headless chickens the lot of them. We look forward to the cabaret the MLPPL in power will be. Should be good for a laugh.

With so many bright lights and countless ‘economists’ and a pseudo-economist (Joseph) it is inconceivable how they do not stop for a moment to laugh at themselves and their uniquely ridiculous conclusions.

For how, the (symbolic) reduction of W&E rates is supposed to stimulate the economy and create more jobs when the government’s revenue shrinks and the subsidies rise at taxpayers’ expense?

When a government raises taxes for a specific reason, this instance to cover the cost of lowering the rates, the increase in taxes always amounts to more than required to cover the cost. I am willing to bet my last euro on that.

The pity is that this Party is so dishonest, it is willing to dupe its own blind followers, just to gain power and proceed to screw things up royally. As if we haven’t some experience of the Labour Party’s past governments.

One simple example and in the not too distant past was the removal of VAT. What followed was a worse form of tax and an administrative disaster at that. What was the just solution? Change back to a Nationalist government and remove CET and restore VAT.

The Labour Party always tried to reinvent the wheel, when all that was needed, perhaps, was to oil the gears and keep going.

They are too thick headed, and worse they are deaf and unwilling to see the light.

You left out no. 1:

“Il-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma” which according to Joseph, he will reduce “b’mod responsabbli” (i.e. just a tad) for Ganna and Zeppi so as to increase job creation, bolster the economy, and attract foreign investment. And no, I am not making this up in a half-sarcastic manner, these were his words, simply translated into English.

Imma vera jidher li qisu Farrugia qed imexxi partit fi partit. Qass setghu jaqblu li it-tlett mexxja iqaxxru l-mistacci f’daqqa.

I was watching One News yesterday and they were still ranting and raving about the Eur 3 per tonne increase in cement. Then they interviewed Anglu Xuereb who solemnly declared that this increase is going to hit the already suffering construction industry even harder, and that ultimately the buyer is going to have to make up for this increase. Immediately afterwards, they interviewed a ‘technical expert’ who said that this increase would mean that in the construction of a typical block of 4 flats, it would cost a total of Eur 400 extra for cement.

Oh my, oh my, so Anglu Xuereb will have to increase the sale price of each flat by Eur 100 (Lm43) and the buyer is going to suffer really badly for having to pay for this increase when buying his/her once-in-a-lifetime flat.

Whenever I’m on the island I tend to drive by the PL club on St Anne’s Road (Floriana) once or twice daily, and I’ve noticed that there’s always some “interesting” thought, often in rhyme, written in red on white for all to read, about how tragic the situation in Malta really is.

The guys running the club must think they’re so clever.

If only they could understand that the solution to their problems is not bringing down the rest of the country to their abysmal level, but raising their own level up to whatever standard has now (or, rather, should have, by now) become the norm.

Education is the key to improving one’s situation, but I’m sure it’s the last thing on their mind when they’re screaming “kontijiet” or whatever the latest buzzword is.

If your ignorance were worth its weight in gold, niehduk ghand tal-Gram u aqta kemm naqilghu flus minn fuqek.

You can imagine the parliamentary group briefing session. “L-ahwa il budget ghada. Kurt lestilna down il-‘briefing notes’. Studjawhom sew u irrepetuhom ad nauseum – ikun x’jkun l’ezitu tad-diskors.

Mela

“soluzzjonijiet zghar ghal problemi kbar”

“piz li qed igorr il-poplu Malti u Ghawdxi minhabba l-politika qarrieqa ta’ Lawrence Gonzi”

“€4.66 fil-gimgha waqt li Gonzi u l-Ministri hadu €500 fil-gimgha”

“Il-politika zbaljata u irresponsabbli ta’ dan il-Gvern”

“insew is-self-employed iz-zghar u dawk li jinsabu fil faxx hekk msejjah ‘middle class’.”

“sab il-flus ghall-parlament il-gdid ta 80 miljun”

“il-pont li ma jiehdok imkien”

What they left out was the most important attribute of the PL…..”KREDIBILTA ZERO!”