The Government represents the rich few

I am a representative of bus workers, and a citizen suffering because of the Government’s efforts to repair the country’s balance sheet.

The Government represents the rich few

Bus workers are struggling under a mountain of debt, as a result of the greed and ineptitude of business regulation and politicians. The lack of realism, and lack of empathy towards the plight of lower and middle income workers, means the nightmare will continue.

Bus workers had to move to the four corners of Leinster to obtain affordable housing, while the main political parties acted as cheerleaders to the property bubble. These workers are in negative equity; persecuted by financial institutions. Enda has just thrown 13,000 mortgage holders of the former Irish Nationwide to the wolves, and sent out a clear signal to ‘vulture funds’ worldwide that it’s open season on Irish citizens.

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