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		By: Tabatha White		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/government-salaries-increase-by-eur22-million-over-the-last-year/#comment-2059641</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tabatha White]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2014 08:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/government-salaries-increase-by-eur22-million-over-the-last-year/#comment-2055812&quot;&gt;ian&lt;/a&gt;.

&quot;I would love to hear from some of the Sliema/Swieqi switcher crowd what they have to say about this.&quot;

Do you really think the superficial facetious set have medium to long term consequence in mind?

I think what they had in mind was something like this:

A MEPA permit they would have had no chance of obtaining under normal circumstances; a consultancy with Government for a member of the family; etc. the &quot;deal&quot; made with &quot;Joseph&quot; when he was busy meeting those 25 upwards people per day prior to the elections.

How this effects the country doesn&#039;t figure in such scenarios.

Il-borza ta&#039; Malta vs Il-borza ta&#039; Guda.

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At Easter time in Gozo, for the morning of Easter Sunday, some of the older generation still make qassatat with sultanas in the ricotta to symbolise the borza ta&#039; Guda.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/government-salaries-increase-by-eur22-million-over-the-last-year/#comment-2055812">ian</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;I would love to hear from some of the Sliema/Swieqi switcher crowd what they have to say about this.&#8221;</p>
<p>Do you really think the superficial facetious set have medium to long term consequence in mind?</p>
<p>I think what they had in mind was something like this:</p>
<p>A MEPA permit they would have had no chance of obtaining under normal circumstances; a consultancy with Government for a member of the family; etc. the &#8220;deal&#8221; made with &#8220;Joseph&#8221; when he was busy meeting those 25 upwards people per day prior to the elections.</p>
<p>How this effects the country doesn&#8217;t figure in such scenarios.</p>
<p>Il-borza ta&#8217; Malta vs Il-borza ta&#8217; Guda.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p>At Easter time in Gozo, for the morning of Easter Sunday, some of the older generation still make qassatat with sultanas in the ricotta to symbolise the borza ta&#8217; Guda.</p>
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		By: Pacikk		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pacikk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 20:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[All the promises made before the election have come to fruition, and by promises I mean all those who ended up joining Labour&#039;s wagon cause they will stand to benefit personally at the end.

When the gas pedal gets stuck to the metal, and we can&#039;t hold the horses no more, then maybe, just maybe, the Maltese people will realise who they REALLY voted for a year ago.

Before the election, it was already questionable how all the electoral promises could be sustained. Now the sustainability might only be for the &#039;personal&#039; achievements made, rather than the actual realisation of the electoral promises themselves.

Four years to go...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All the promises made before the election have come to fruition, and by promises I mean all those who ended up joining Labour&#8217;s wagon cause they will stand to benefit personally at the end.</p>
<p>When the gas pedal gets stuck to the metal, and we can&#8217;t hold the horses no more, then maybe, just maybe, the Maltese people will realise who they REALLY voted for a year ago.</p>
<p>Before the election, it was already questionable how all the electoral promises could be sustained. Now the sustainability might only be for the &#8216;personal&#8217; achievements made, rather than the actual realisation of the electoral promises themselves.</p>
<p>Four years to go&#8230;</p>
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		By: ian		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 19:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Successive Nationalist governments spent decades reducing the government state payroll. 

We have all seen in recent years what effects large state payrolls can have on the economy. Just ask Greece. 

In just one year a Labour government has undone years of hard work. All these decisions will come back to haunt us in the near future. 

I would love to hear from some of the Sliema/Swieqi switcher crowd what they have to say about this.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Successive Nationalist governments spent decades reducing the government state payroll. </p>
<p>We have all seen in recent years what effects large state payrolls can have on the economy. Just ask Greece. </p>
<p>In just one year a Labour government has undone years of hard work. All these decisions will come back to haunt us in the near future. </p>
<p>I would love to hear from some of the Sliema/Swieqi switcher crowd what they have to say about this.</p>
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		By: me		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[me]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 16:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I gagged when I saw this and the complete twist as to what is actually going on. People who were, till 4 weeks ago, carers are now doing ECGs on patients, unsupervised. Essentially, what was a 3-year course has been compressed to 5 months.

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-05-30/news/next-intake-of-paramedic-aides-in-september-5249662976/

It is a well know fact that care workers have taken over the hospital and hearing them ordering nurses about is a common occurrence. 

Now some of these &#039;entitled&#039; people are being given a title in five months. Is Chris Fearne another one of those doctors who thinks that for any profession (except medicine) all that is required is a pair of hands?

Poor, poor patients.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I gagged when I saw this and the complete twist as to what is actually going on. People who were, till 4 weeks ago, carers are now doing ECGs on patients, unsupervised. Essentially, what was a 3-year course has been compressed to 5 months.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-05-30/news/next-intake-of-paramedic-aides-in-september-5249662976/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-05-30/news/next-intake-of-paramedic-aides-in-september-5249662976/</a></p>
<p>It is a well know fact that care workers have taken over the hospital and hearing them ordering nurses about is a common occurrence. </p>
<p>Now some of these &#8216;entitled&#8217; people are being given a title in five months. Is Chris Fearne another one of those doctors who thinks that for any profession (except medicine) all that is required is a pair of hands?</p>
<p>Poor, poor patients.</p>
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		By: Calculator		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Calculator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 16:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/government-salaries-increase-by-eur22-million-over-the-last-year/#comment-2053072&quot;&gt;Pippa&lt;/a&gt;.

Then they are not &#039;PN supporters&#039;, are they? Just opportunists who want the government to give them a job, period.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/government-salaries-increase-by-eur22-million-over-the-last-year/#comment-2053072">Pippa</a>.</p>
<p>Then they are not &#8216;PN supporters&#8217;, are they? Just opportunists who want the government to give them a job, period.</p>
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		By: Giovanni		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Giovanni]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 16:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems that  after  thetimesofmalta.com miss this important statistic just published today.

http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-05-30/news/government-deficit-reaches-2382-million-in-first-four-months-5247827968/

http://maltarightnow.com/news/2014/05/30/l-izbilanc-fil-finanzi-tal-gvern-jizdied-fl-ewwel-terz-tal-2014/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems that  after  thetimesofmalta.com miss this important statistic just published today.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-05-30/news/government-deficit-reaches-2382-million-in-first-four-months-5247827968/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-05-30/news/government-deficit-reaches-2382-million-in-first-four-months-5247827968/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://maltarightnow.com/news/2014/05/30/l-izbilanc-fil-finanzi-tal-gvern-jizdied-fl-ewwel-terz-tal-2014/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://maltarightnow.com/news/2014/05/30/l-izbilanc-fil-finanzi-tal-gvern-jizdied-fl-ewwel-terz-tal-2014/</a></p>
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		By: Reader		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reader]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 12:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Correlates directly and positively to the deficit.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Correlates directly and positively to the deficit.</p>
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		By: Anna		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 12:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Government deficit reaches €238.2 million in first four months

http://www.independent.com.mt/mobile/2014-05-30/news/government-deficit-reaches-2382-million-in-first-four-months-5247827968/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Government deficit reaches €238.2 million in first four months</p>
<p><a href="http://www.independent.com.mt/mobile/2014-05-30/news/government-deficit-reaches-2382-million-in-first-four-months-5247827968/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.independent.com.mt/mobile/2014-05-30/news/government-deficit-reaches-2382-million-in-first-four-months-5247827968/</a></p>
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		By: John Higgins		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/government-salaries-increase-by-eur22-million-over-the-last-year/#comment-2053323</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Higgins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 11:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I agree wholeheartedly with etil&#039;s comment. Dr. Busuttil&#039;s poise, erudite arguments and boyish charm are a foil to the PM&#039;s grimace/smirk/sarcastic laugh.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree wholeheartedly with etil&#8217;s comment. Dr. Busuttil&#8217;s poise, erudite arguments and boyish charm are a foil to the PM&#8217;s grimace/smirk/sarcastic laugh.</p>
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		By: Makjavel		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/government-salaries-increase-by-eur22-million-over-the-last-year/#comment-2053302</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Makjavel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 11:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/government-salaries-increase-by-eur22-million-over-the-last-year/#comment-2052384&quot;&gt;etil&lt;/a&gt;.

Agreed, the Labour Party policies were always planned around character assassination, insistent lying and spinning around the same lie.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2014/05/government-salaries-increase-by-eur22-million-over-the-last-year/#comment-2052384">etil</a>.</p>
<p>Agreed, the Labour Party policies were always planned around character assassination, insistent lying and spinning around the same lie.</p>
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