Wealth and the working poor - you'd have to work 703 years to earn what O'Reilly takes

andrew
Fri, 08 Jul 2016 13:49:53 +0000
Class, Poverty, Wealth, Work, Economy, National, Opinion, Analysis, Stephen Heart

Roughly over one hundred thousand workers in Ireland are currently working on the minimum wage-thats 9.15 an hour or under 400 euro a week,working 40 hours a week. Around 90% of those on social welfare payment and out of work earn less than they would in work. The old proclamations of our leaders that 'were all middle class now' and the lies spread about those on social welfare are shown to be what they actually are from these facts. They are mere propaganda slogans aimed at convincing us that we live in a more or less equal society and that we should keep quiet about the enormous wealth of corporations and business owners.