FF’s ‘Darwinian politics’ hits the ill and vulnerable

MOST of us know who Charles Darwin was, what he did and, more importantly, what he thought.

It was he who developed the theory of natural selection, the process where in nature only the fittest of the species will survive and those who are weak, sick or elderly perish. Sound familiar? It should.

One could compare Darwin’s theory to the way the country is being run at the moment. Granted we are all aware that we are in a recession but that is no reason for the Government to resort to trying to kill off those most vulnerable in our society, like in nature.

Instead of creating hostile environments like “torrential floods” or “extreme cold”, the Government is hoping illness will polish off those draining our economy. The ones who made our economy what is was. And how are they doing this? Well, one only has to pick up a newspaper or turn on the radio to find out.

Firstly it started with Fianna Fáil wanting to end automatic entitlement to a medical card for everyone over 70. That is one way of pruning costs, especially when those people who really need more medical care are suddenly without the means to pay for it and will go without, eventually leading to preventable diseases and death.

Well, that’s the first way FF tried its hand at natural selection. The next thing FF decided to do was take away the medication from people who really need it. Forcing the pharmacies to take drastic measure when their remuneration was being reduced caused sick people great stress and worry when their life support was swiftly taken, albeit for a couple of days. Nevertheless the threat is still hanging over sick people.

It is clear the country is being run into the ground by a moronic, gluttonous minority who will more than likely never see the inside of Dáil Eireann again once their term is up. Our vast, clueless bureaucracy should be overhauled. For example, where is the logic in giving a full medical card to a healthy 21-year-old who is living at home with no expenses and receiving job-seeker allowance while a 53-year-old woman with a long-term, incurable disease is told she cannot have one.

In fact, she did have one but it was taken away from her and, no, her disease hasn’t gone away and, no, she didn’t win the lotto. The truth is she is in a worse situation because her husband and sole breadwinner – my father – has been made redundant. Now can anyone find logic in that scenario? I think change is coming and citizens will no longer allow such reckless mismanagement of a once prosperous country.

Will Cotter

Fr Sexton Park

Ballincollig

Co Cork