Job creation is best way to tackle poverty

IN THE weeks leading up to the budget it is not unusual to see an onslaught of whinging from the various interest groups across the economy.

The poverty industry has been particularly vocal since the publication of the Estimates, but on the other side of the political and economic spectrum, the employers group, IBEC, has been equally vocal.

Regardless of what Mr McCreevy does on December 3 he will not please everybody and in fact he will be doing very well if he manages to please anybody, but that is the nature of the whinging industry.