Bonus Question

And the bonus question for 100 points is.....

Are the Labour Party a shower of half-wits?

After their latest statements on the issue of the non-payment of the social welfare Christmas bonus I can only conclude that they are.

According to Róisín Shortall, Skeletor impressionist and Liebore Party spokesperson on Social and Family Affairs, taxes should have been increased so that the bonus could be paid...

"It is an entirely heartless decision, especially where you had obvious choices and you could have increased taxes."

So Skeletor Shortall wants the government to increase taxes so that a bonus payment can be made to those on social welfare! How bloody fair is that? Anyone who is lucky enough to have a job is already up to their eyes in levies and pay cuts. The vast majority of people who have jobs won't be getting any Christmas bonus this year either. So why the hell should we subsidise this bonus payment for those on social welfare?

I'm sick and tired of hearing the likes of Skeletor Shortall bleating on about the poor and vulnerable in society. Are these the same poor souls who draw the dole but can still afford an iPhone, a Sky TV subscription and forty cigarettes a day? Are these the same unfortunates who fill the pubs on their way back from the post office on dole day? Are these the same deprived wretches that didn't work when jobs were plentiful? Well my heart bleeds that we won't be providing them with an extra Christmas payment for them to piss down the toilet!

Now I do realise that there are a whole different category of people depending on social welfare payments. People who have worked all their life and are in receipt of pensions. People who want to work but can't find a job. I do feel sorry for such individuals and I wish that there was a way that they could get more than the lazy scumbags who abuse the social welfare system. Unfortunately it doesn't seem politically correct to discriminate between these categories. The likes of Skeletor Shortall and her communist cronies have ensured that hard work is rewarded on an par with laziness. In any case, the state simply can't afford this bonus payment. The coffers are empty after the criminal bankers were bailed out with billions of quid of tax payer's money.

But the Liebore Party don't do basic economics. They only do stupidity and sanctimony. And speaking of sanctimony, what does Eamon Gilmore Girl think of the decision not to pay the Christmas bonus?

"I think it is mean and I think it is shameful..."

Well surprise surprise! Gilmore Girl is outraged. God forbid he should engage his brain and realise that we can't afford to pay it. We shouldn't expect any rational economic reasoning to come from a man who leads a party whose front bench is drawn primarily from the communist Democratic Left. The Liebore politburo wants to tax the arse off anyone who has a job so that a wasteful public service and a hoard of social welfare recipients can thrive. Meanwhile, the same politburo continues to draw massive salaries for "representing" us in the Dáil. It's easy to favour tax increases when you're raking in over €100,000 a year plus vast expenses. Now that is shameful Gilmore Girl you hypocrite!

Between Gilmore Girl's soundbites of sanctimonious waffle and Skeletor Shortall's Barney the Dinosaur economics, all Fianna Fool will have to do is keep their mouths shut and the opposition will win the next election for them! It's not like Funny Gael have much better to offer with the likes of that ass clown George IToldYouSo Lee championing the cause of people with million euro mortgages.