OscailtChildren's Rights Referendum: If you don't know, say no.The Perilous Position of Amendment 42a
Breaking news: Italian MP, Sgarbi denounces the Statistical Fraud on COVID-19. The speech of the Member of Parliament Vittorio Sgarbi in the session of the Italian Camera, Meeting no. 331 of Friday 24, April, 2020. Vittorio Sgarbi, denounces the closure of 60% of the businesses for 25,000 COVID-19 Deaths, of which the National Institute of Health says 96.3% died NOT of COVID-19 but of other pathologies. That means only 925 have died of the virus. 24,075 have died of other things.2013-03-22T15:05:08+00:00Indymedia Irelandimc-ireland@lists.indymedia.iehttp://www.indymedia.ie/atomfullposts?story_id=103453http://www.indymedia.ie/graphics/feedlogo.gifMany Thankshttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/103453#comment2950652013-03-22T15:05:08+00:00Seamus Mc GoldrickThe author would like to sincerely thank Kathy Sinnot for her help in preparing ...The author would like to sincerely thank Kathy Sinnot for her help in preparing and editing this article.this whole referendum was a political charade and an exercise in cynical hypocrisyhttp://www.indymedia.ie/article/103453#comment2950672013-03-22T15:43:31+00:00fred"The State might deem the children of families who are struggling with money iss..."The State might deem the children of families who are struggling with money issues to be 'neglected'. The State proposes to take these 'neglected' children and give them to a stranger who they will pay upwards of three hundred euros a week to foster them. Eventually the child could be put up for adoption. What if this money was given to the financially hard pressed family? It could help keep a family together and avoid the heartbreak and psychological damage for the parent and child."<br />
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good point!<br />
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This was just bullshit political lip service. Platitudes.<br />
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words are cheap, but while these slimebag politicians were busy exhorting how much they care for the welfare of children, they were busily drafting neo-liberal plans to make life harder for poor families all over the state amongst other things, by cutting child benefit to the poorest families.<br />
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their crocodile tears and weasel words mean nothing when childrens rights are being deliberately damaged by the austerity they are actively promoting. Financial austerity creates huge stresses in low income families which exacerbate the already difficult plight of their children.<br />
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these so called rights mean nothing under these circumstances.<br />
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As the author suggests, politicians will always favour legislation which increases their power over citizens.<br />
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It was a double win for the political class; pretending to care for children gave them some political brownie points and at the same time, they got some more powers over citizens which they can potentially abuse.<br />