‘Xogħol għal kullħadd fi zmien tlett xhur’

He fixed us really good; but it looks like the digging of a new lower level in hell is nearing its finish.

“Youngsters were offered to engage in paramilitary corps such as the famous Pijonieri, Dirghajn il-Maltin, Bahhar u Sewwi, Dejma and so paid minimum wage (cheap labour) and prohibited from taking any form of industrial action.”

We all seem to remember these paramilitary corps, but we tend to forget KMB’s implementation of the (in)famous WAGE FREEZE as part of Labour’s strategy to keep unemployment under check.

Can Joseph guarantee that Labour’s wage freeze under KMB will not be resorted to once again?

But the opportunities are already there for every young person to have a job, education or training. So what’s new?

The only difference I see is that the ‘korpi’ may be with us soon for those who do not want to work or do not find a job immediately.

During one of his electoral campaigns, Berlusconi pledged to retire from politics if he didn’t keep a number of key promises. One of them was a million jobs.

Let’s see Joseph’s.

This is actually an English version transcript of the video about the roadmap bla bla.

Censa, you are right to criticise the 3 items on Joseph’s wishlist.

Actually, was it not a list of 51 items at the time of the last budget – where did the other 48 items go?

Out of the three wishes, the one about the Youth Guarantee is actually an idea of the European Socialist group, and they are seeking to implement it in all of the EU and to finance it via the EU Social Fund.

Therefore, it is definitely not a policy of Joseph Muscat. And moreover, even a PN government may be forced by the EU to implement this policy if the European Socialists manage to enforce this scheme through the EU institutions.

But more specifically, Joseph Muscat has been leader of his party for more than 3 years now. And all he could come up with in all that time was 2 ideas. That’s less than 1 idea per year.

I don’t see homeless people sleeping rough on the streets like you see in a lot of European countries and the United States.

I don’t see hundreds of thousands losing their jobs like in Spain and Greece.

I don’t see students scraping by after spending all their life savings to get an education like in most of the world.

What I do see is everyone with mobile phones (a large number being expensive smart phones), almost everyone with internet (even on their smart phones) and laptops, lots of people boasting about their 700 euro dreambox’s and 50 inch tv’s and lots and lots of fat and obese people.

Malta has one of the world’s highest obesity rates. Go to the beach and all you see is obese children with their equally obese parents and obese extended family.

And all this when the country is suffering and people have a hard life to bring bread to the table.

That might be true after they spend all their money on laptops, internet, iphones, 50 inch TVs, BMWs tal-Ingilterra, chest freezers full of meat, and airconditioners.