Day of Action

Today as tens of thousands of workers take to the streets to protest at this Government's continued attacks on the tax paying public The Irish Observer would like to congratulate their courageous efforts. The working public have been pushed to breaking point as time and again this government have punished the countries workers for the greed and self serving of the countries corrupt bankers and property speculators. It is outrageous that our front line staff in particular have been targeted, our nurses, gardai, prison staff all subjected to mealy mouthed cuts by a Government that is not fit for purpose. This day of action must not simply be seen as a day of action by public sector workers, but a day of action by all those people subject to economic brutality by a Government that spent our savings and investments on luxury items while failing to save for a rainy day.

An Taoiseach Brian Cowen is not fit for purpose, he was not fit for purpose while he was Minister for Finance and he most certainly is not fit for purpose as An Taoiseach. Biffonian Economics has no place in a society that depends on fiscal prudence, it has no place in a society that needs to be people centred and not greed centred. Today's action will put another political water mark on the good ship Fianna Fail and her decaying green fig leaf, soon this government will be submerged in its self made murky waters from which it will not recover.