In Reply to: re: street protest by the unemployed. posted by mike van dyk on November 22, 2009 at 02:00:21:

First you say that the unemployed can never be better off than someone working and now you say - but sure everyone knows that?

Your ability to make a coherent logical argument is worrying for someone running a business.

I have no intention of discussing the plight of individual low paid workers versus unemployed here in Castlebar - and there are many as the recent Vincent de Paul plea for funds in the Church makes clear. Everyone has a neighbour that is unemployed or on short time work or has suffered severe pay cuts or is just plain so badly paid that they would be better off drawing the 'dole'. But then you wouldn't know that as I don't think you even live here in Castlebar.