Sticking to €2bn in cuts will cripple people

This week the European Commission sent a strong piece of advice to the Government that it should press ahead with a budget adjustment of at least €2bn in the October budget.

Doling out this sort of advice is very easy, but takes no account of the economic, social, and political realities of coming up with a further adjustment, particularly as it is following the incredible €29.8bn or thereabouts that has been extracted from people since 2008.

The reality is that many hardworking people are now under severe financial pressure to meet the cost of necessities and are struggling to stay solvent.