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		By: steve bonello		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/here-are-some-new-facts-to-chew-on/#comment-756793</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[steve bonello]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@bob-a-job 

What you say is absolutely true, but it will fall on deaf ears.

Labour will win this general election because of those PN voters who for some reason want to try Labour.

Gambling with our livelihood is no joke. Think about what you&#039;re going to do.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@bob-a-job </p>
<p>What you say is absolutely true, but it will fall on deaf ears.</p>
<p>Labour will win this general election because of those PN voters who for some reason want to try Labour.</p>
<p>Gambling with our livelihood is no joke. Think about what you&#8217;re going to do.</p>
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		By: P. Gauci		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[P. Gauci]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some people seem to find it hard to understand the difference between the employment rate and the unemployment rate and the fact that even though unemployment in Malta is low we still have one of the lowest employment rates in Europe.

If you cannot find a job in Spain you cannot go to the Ibiza Minister to be boarded out and get an invalidity pension while still being in your 40s]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some people seem to find it hard to understand the difference between the employment rate and the unemployment rate and the fact that even though unemployment in Malta is low we still have one of the lowest employment rates in Europe.</p>
<p>If you cannot find a job in Spain you cannot go to the Ibiza Minister to be boarded out and get an invalidity pension while still being in your 40s</p>
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		By: MX		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MX]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 11:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am currently living abroad and met a random Spanish guy last night. 

When he heard I was from Malta his face lit up. He has several Spanish friends who couldn&#039;t find work in Spain but were successful in Malta. 

Imagine me trying to explain to him that some people think we need a change in direction.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am currently living abroad and met a random Spanish guy last night. </p>
<p>When he heard I was from Malta his face lit up. He has several Spanish friends who couldn&#8217;t find work in Spain but were successful in Malta. </p>
<p>Imagine me trying to explain to him that some people think we need a change in direction.</p>
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		By: bob-a-job		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/here-are-some-new-facts-to-chew-on/#comment-755254</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bob-a-job]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 08:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Now this is the information I would like to see on posters and advertising - hard irrefutable facts.

The PN says it has created 20,000 jobs in five years but how does that compare with other Member States?

According to Google’s ‘Unemployment in Europe’ which is updated on a monthly basis, Malta holds a very honorable sixth place out of the twenty seven Member States, overtaking heavyweights such as France, Belgium, Sweden, Finland and the UK.

Because Malta has fewer unemployed, we don’t witness rioting in the streets and the unions are not wreaking havoc. This is why graduating students celebrate, the restaurants are chock-a-block and in summer all the bays are packed with boats and yachts. 

This is how we can afford to give millions of euros to charity. 

Instead of promising cheaper electricity bills, Labour should be promising guaranteed employment because if things take a turn for the worse after the 9th of March, if jobs are lost, what substance would cheaper electricity bills have?

Despite the antipathy that some PN Members of Parliament may have generated, and I say this with all honesty, we owe it to them that such a state of affairs exists. It is now about time they realize that they owe it to us, that such a situation has been achieved.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now this is the information I would like to see on posters and advertising &#8211; hard irrefutable facts.</p>
<p>The PN says it has created 20,000 jobs in five years but how does that compare with other Member States?</p>
<p>According to Google’s ‘Unemployment in Europe’ which is updated on a monthly basis, Malta holds a very honorable sixth place out of the twenty seven Member States, overtaking heavyweights such as France, Belgium, Sweden, Finland and the UK.</p>
<p>Because Malta has fewer unemployed, we don’t witness rioting in the streets and the unions are not wreaking havoc. This is why graduating students celebrate, the restaurants are chock-a-block and in summer all the bays are packed with boats and yachts. </p>
<p>This is how we can afford to give millions of euros to charity. </p>
<p>Instead of promising cheaper electricity bills, Labour should be promising guaranteed employment because if things take a turn for the worse after the 9th of March, if jobs are lost, what substance would cheaper electricity bills have?</p>
<p>Despite the antipathy that some PN Members of Parliament may have generated, and I say this with all honesty, we owe it to them that such a state of affairs exists. It is now about time they realize that they owe it to us, that such a situation has been achieved.</p>
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		By: tinnat		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/here-are-some-new-facts-to-chew-on/#comment-755253</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[tinnat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 08:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Spain unemployment for students fresh out of university is unbelievably high. If you are a student in your last years of university you´re damned already. 

Anyone, young or not so young, trying to find a job is in for a very hard time. I know of many who have lost their job, none who have found a new one.  But in our sunny island, we complain about buses.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Spain unemployment for students fresh out of university is unbelievably high. If you are a student in your last years of university you´re damned already. </p>
<p>Anyone, young or not so young, trying to find a job is in for a very hard time. I know of many who have lost their job, none who have found a new one.  But in our sunny island, we complain about buses.</p>
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		By: VR		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[VR]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Very long link but it cannot be more explicit.

https://www.google.com.mt/publicdata/explore?ds=z8o7pt6rd5uqa6_&#038;met_y=unemployment_rate&#038;idim=country_group:eu&#038;fdim_y=seasonality:sa&#038;dl=en&#038;hl=en&#038;q=unemployment%20rates%20eu#!ctype=l&#038;strail=false&#038;bcs=d&#038;nselm=h&#038;met_y=unemployment_rate&#038;fdim_y=seasonality:sa&#038;scale_y=lin&#038;ind_y=false&#038;rdim=country_group&#038;idim=country_group:eu&#038;idim=country:mt:it:el:es:fr:cy&#038;ifdim=country_group&#038;hl=en_US&#038;dl=en&#038;ind=false]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very long link but it cannot be more explicit.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com.mt/publicdata/explore?ds=z8o7pt6rd5uqa6_&#038;met_y=unemployment_rate&#038;idim=country_group:eu&#038;fdim_y=seasonality:sa&#038;dl=en&#038;hl=en&#038;q=unemployment%20rates%20eu#!ctype=l&#038;strail=false&#038;bcs=d&#038;nselm=h&#038;met_y=unemployment_rate&#038;fdim_y=seasonality:sa&#038;scale_y=lin&#038;ind_y=false&#038;rdim=country_group&#038;idim=country_group:eu&#038;idim=country:mt:it:el:es:fr:cy&#038;ifdim=country_group&#038;hl=en_US&#038;dl=en&#038;ind=false" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.google.com.mt/publicdata/explore?ds=z8o7pt6rd5uqa6_&#038;met_y=unemployment_rate&#038;idim=country_group:eu&#038;fdim_y=seasonality:sa&#038;dl=en&#038;hl=en&#038;q=unemployment%20rates%20eu#!ctype=l&#038;strail=false&#038;bcs=d&#038;nselm=h&#038;met_y=unemployment_rate&#038;fdim_y=seasonality:sa&#038;scale_y=lin&#038;ind_y=false&#038;rdim=country_group&#038;idim=country_group:eu&#038;idim=country:mt:it:el:es:fr:cy&#038;ifdim=country_group&#038;hl=en_US&#038;dl=en&#038;ind=false</a></p>
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		By: Harry Purdie		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/here-are-some-new-facts-to-chew-on/#comment-754396</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry Purdie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/here-are-some-new-facts-to-chew-on/#comment-753087&quot;&gt;Jozef&lt;/a&gt;.

Suicides have also increased dramatically.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/here-are-some-new-facts-to-chew-on/#comment-753087">Jozef</a>.</p>
<p>Suicides have also increased dramatically.</p>
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		By: Antoine Vella		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/here-are-some-new-facts-to-chew-on/#comment-754255</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Antoine Vella]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The PM&#039;s claim that 20,000 jobs have been created is vindicated by official National Statistics Office figures.

http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/421683_397066547050621_20752583_n.jpg]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The PM&#8217;s claim that 20,000 jobs have been created is vindicated by official National Statistics Office figures.</p>
<p><a href="http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/421683_397066547050621_20752583_n.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc">http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/421683_397066547050621_20752583_n.jpg</a></p>
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		By: Makjavel		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/here-are-some-new-facts-to-chew-on/#comment-753617</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Makjavel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ivvota Labour halli inkunu l-ahjar fosthom, u forsi naghduhom, fil-QAGHAD, fit-taxxi, u fil-faqar.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ivvota Labour halli inkunu l-ahjar fosthom, u forsi naghduhom, fil-QAGHAD, fit-taxxi, u fil-faqar.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/here-are-some-new-facts-to-chew-on/#comment-753087</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/here-are-some-new-facts-to-chew-on/#comment-752974&quot;&gt;maryanne&lt;/a&gt;.

Spain&#039;s figure exceeded 55% this week.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/01/here-are-some-new-facts-to-chew-on/#comment-752974">maryanne</a>.</p>
<p>Spain&#8217;s figure exceeded 55% this week.</p>
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