Comments on: Don’t blame Marie Louise Coleiro. We know she’s never been fit for purpose. Just blame the people who thought it a great idea to elect a party that would inevitably make her a cabinet minister.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 18:01:32 +0000

In reply to Jozef. Rightly so because they earn minimum wages as far as I know.

By: H.P. Baxxter

H.P. Baxxter — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 01:48:02 +0000

In reply to Bubu. Well, I'm merely repeating what has been said countless times by sensible economists. This country needs a dose of economic liberalism.

By: Bubu

Bubu — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 22:28:37 +0000

In reply to Bubu. That should have been in reply to Baxxter, not Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca.

By: ciccio

ciccio — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 22:27:39 +0000

What I found strange is that she did not make the announcement around a table in Castille, with David Curmi to her right, the Director of Caritas on her left, and the heads of Finance Malta and the MFSA on the extremes.

Did she say anything about the “novel concept” of the “living wage”?

By: Bubu

Bubu — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 22:27:02 +0000

Hear hear! At last somebody talking some sense.

By: Galahan II

Galahan II — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 21:18:26 +0000

Taking my cue from this.. as I have always maintained, its always the middle class that gets it in the end.

Sad to say but I find it more and more difficult to keep a straight face when I tell my children how important it is to study and how personal effort equates to future returns. It’s simply not true, not in this society at least.

Financial success is all about who you know and how much you can bluff your way through.

No amount of lifelong learning or dedication or hard work will get you to the top jobs any time soon.

And you know what is really sad? It’s that the more educated and well-trained you are for a top job, the more you are able to perceive the sheer incompetence of the ones who have been chosen in your place. Talk about eternal torment.

By: observer

observer — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 19:55:18 +0000

Ghandek tghid, il-gidra dejjem gidra tibqa’, tpoggiha fejn tpoggiha – anke jekk fuq siggu fil-kabinett tal-ministri.

Mhux ghaliex hemmhek qieghda hi biss, tafx. Hemm bizzejjed ohrajn li jhabbtuha maghha u ma jaghmlulhiex ghib.

By: Cikku il-Panda

Cikku il-Panda — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 13:15:52 +0000

How about us pensioners? Previously we used to receive one-third of the Cola increase in one lump sum in January (in my case it was nearly €400).

This has now been changed and the Cola increase will be spread monthly. Cash problems? Don’t think so seeing all the consultants this government have appointed recently.

Marie Louise Coleiro Preca is employing four or five of them.

This is ridiculous – how these people can easily find the money for their friends but for us pensioners gejjin bil-qamel.

By: Gaetano Pace

Gaetano Pace — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:14:22 +0000

Give her a kitchen, give her marzipan, give her sweet pastry and lo and behold she serves you lamb at Easter tide. Some Prime Ministers do have them.

By: rjc

rjc — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:42:25 +0000

In reply to Mandy. Worse than that, pensioners like myself used to receive the cost of living increase in one go with the first January payment, together with a statement of how the other 12 payments would be made. No statement has been issued yet (it used to arrive mid-December) and the lump sum has now been spread over the 13 payments throughout the year. So those pensioners who had planned some small investment, such as a new domestic appliance or a winter holiday, will have to forget it.