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	Comments on: Government is texting mothers personally to say children&#8217;s allowance will be deposited on polling day	</title>
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		By: Timon of Athens		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Timon of Athens]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2014 08:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why was I left out?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why was I left out?</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 16:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where can I apply for a child? I seem to have missed out on all of Jo&#039;s handouts.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where can I apply for a child? I seem to have missed out on all of Jo&#8217;s handouts.</p>
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		By: verita		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[verita]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 12:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So we will have some money to celebrate the underdog&#039;s victory.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So we will have some money to celebrate the underdog&#8217;s victory.</p>
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		By: Ivan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 08:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Government,

can you please text me saying that my loan has been settled?

Thank you]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Government,</p>
<p>can you please text me saying that my loan has been settled?</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
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		By: Mark Mallia		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Mallia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 07:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[People who don&#039;t want the money can always give it to charity.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People who don&#8217;t want the money can always give it to charity.</p>
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		By: T. Cassar		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[T. Cassar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 06:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dawk li kienu drittijiet issa saru pjaciri.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dawk li kienu drittijiet issa saru pjaciri.</p>
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		By: Giraffa		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Giraffa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 01:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Doesn&#039;t such crass behavior qualify for what Dottor Alfred Sant used to refer to as &#039;the power of incumbency&#039;? Where&#039;s Alfred Sant now? Too busy campaigning for a seat on the gravy train?

Or is it that what was unacceptable under Gonzi is now acceptable?  

Bunch of slimy hypocrites, the lot of them. 

Let&#039;s hope that the electorate is not so gullible to these vile tactics and will still use their vote to show their total disappointment with Muscat&#039;s totalitarian leadership before it gets any worse.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Doesn&#8217;t such crass behavior qualify for what Dottor Alfred Sant used to refer to as &#8216;the power of incumbency&#8217;? Where&#8217;s Alfred Sant now? Too busy campaigning for a seat on the gravy train?</p>
<p>Or is it that what was unacceptable under Gonzi is now acceptable?  </p>
<p>Bunch of slimy hypocrites, the lot of them. </p>
<p>Let&#8217;s hope that the electorate is not so gullible to these vile tactics and will still use their vote to show their total disappointment with Muscat&#8217;s totalitarian leadership before it gets any worse.</p>
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		<title>
		By: AE		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AE]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 00:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I wonder why I didn&#039;t  receive that SMS?

As for the car VAT scheme - I just don&#039;t get it. So everyone gets the same cheque irrespective of the amount paid? 

Is it too difficult to work out a proportionate payment according to the VAT paid? And if it is on the principle of unfair VAT being charged, then why only reimburse the first time owner? 

If that owner sold it, the new purchaser acquired all rights and obligations. 

In fact that new purchaser acquired a proportionate amount of the unfair VAT - so surely the fair thing to do would be to split the refund or is that also too complicated? 

Or was this done just to stem the haemorrhage caused by the PM&#039;s vow to refund? 

I assume though it was restricted in this way only because the PM would qualify anyway. 

Yet another self-serving, hare-brained scheme. The PM&#039;s car will go down in history as the one car which went against all normal rules on depreciation.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder why I didn&#8217;t  receive that SMS?</p>
<p>As for the car VAT scheme &#8211; I just don&#8217;t get it. So everyone gets the same cheque irrespective of the amount paid? </p>
<p>Is it too difficult to work out a proportionate payment according to the VAT paid? And if it is on the principle of unfair VAT being charged, then why only reimburse the first time owner? </p>
<p>If that owner sold it, the new purchaser acquired all rights and obligations. </p>
<p>In fact that new purchaser acquired a proportionate amount of the unfair VAT &#8211; so surely the fair thing to do would be to split the refund or is that also too complicated? </p>
<p>Or was this done just to stem the haemorrhage caused by the PM&#8217;s vow to refund? </p>
<p>I assume though it was restricted in this way only because the PM would qualify anyway. </p>
<p>Yet another self-serving, hare-brained scheme. The PM&#8217;s car will go down in history as the one car which went against all normal rules on depreciation.</p>
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		By: me		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[me]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 23:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[And, bang on cue http://www.tvm.com.mt/news/imhabbra-trahhis-u-estensjoni-fis-servizz-ta-klabb-3-16-u-skolasajf/?utm_source=dlvr.it&#038;utm_medium=facebook]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And, bang on cue <a href="http://www.tvm.com.mt/news/imhabbra-trahhis-u-estensjoni-fis-servizz-ta-klabb-3-16-u-skolasajf/?utm_source=dlvr.it&#038;utm_medium=facebook" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.tvm.com.mt/news/imhabbra-trahhis-u-estensjoni-fis-servizz-ta-klabb-3-16-u-skolasajf/?utm_source=dlvr.it&#038;utm_medium=facebook</a></p>
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		By: Sufa		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sufa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 23:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rather ridiculous, isn&#039;t it?  

&quot;My&quot; children&#039;s allowance was, under that Nationalist administration, credited to my bank account on the 2nd January ANNUALLY.  

In December 2013, it was announced by our now President that, supposedly to make life easier for most families, the children&#039;s allowance would, from then on, be split into four instalments annually, meaning that anyone who was relying on their €350 per child to buy whatever/to settle Christmas expenses ended up with a quarter of that instead, with the rest to be received 3, 6 and 9 months later, and without any forewarning at that, though many seem to be oblivious to the fact - ghax kull ma jaghmel tal-Labour huwa tajjeb.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rather ridiculous, isn&#8217;t it?  </p>
<p>&#8220;My&#8221; children&#8217;s allowance was, under that Nationalist administration, credited to my bank account on the 2nd January ANNUALLY.  </p>
<p>In December 2013, it was announced by our now President that, supposedly to make life easier for most families, the children&#8217;s allowance would, from then on, be split into four instalments annually, meaning that anyone who was relying on their €350 per child to buy whatever/to settle Christmas expenses ended up with a quarter of that instead, with the rest to be received 3, 6 and 9 months later, and without any forewarning at that, though many seem to be oblivious to the fact &#8211; ghax kull ma jaghmel tal-Labour huwa tajjeb.</p>
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