Quarter of births to unwed mothers

P.Zammit

May 16th 2009, 11:14

Jimmy
I wonder why 96-98 you did not remove such benefits and you attribute your presumpt mega abuse to the PN. Couldn't you have a been a tad less partisian and a bit more fair and pointed the finger at improving laws (maybe even giving examples how with dashing to out right dead measures) rather than cross hairing the church and the christian democrats?

Your contribution could have also pointed at the MLP and the time it had when in government not so long ago to curb such abuse. But of course you chose your targets well.

Then you accuse us as party pundits.....! What are you, an MLP maniac?

Jimmy Magro

May 16th 2009, 10:09

I am afraid that in Malta one cannot discuss any matter without having party pundits coming in to defend their political party. The points I made about the PN is that through their policy of giving financial assistance to children born of wedlock is that this has led to more mothers making a deliberate decision to become mothers out of wedlock. The abuse in the social services takes place when the mother and the father are cohabiting without declaring this and receives welfare against the spirit of the law.

I am all in favour of giving welfare to those few ones but it seems that those few ones have become general rule. Even the church knows that there is abuse of welfare and this has already been noted in other blocks previously. How can you declare a single mother when the father attends baptism in church? How can we fool ourselves?

This is not arrogance but I am defending the administration of justice and rule of rule in a democratic society. I do not know why these Farrugias come out and defend the law breaking citizens. shame on you guys.

J Farrugia

May 16th 2009, 09:29

@ Robert Callus.... Are you a civilised person? The only sentence demartino stated was only the truth. Are you so afraid of the truth??????

RObert Callus

May 15th 2009, 23:38

@Jimmy Magro
While I agree with a crackdown on abuse, denying the benefits for genuine cases can be harmful to the child. In many situations the child will either live in poverty or be institutionalised since the parent won't affort keeping him.
Policies can't be made with just a calculator in hand, leaving out the humane aspect.
All decisions regarding children should be taken in their best interest. They have nothing to blame, and they are the future

@Giov De Martino
Why this outrage? Don't you know how to keep a discussion like a civilized person?

J FARRUGIA

May 15th 2009, 21:47

jimmy magro's arrogance knows no limits. Have we forgotten when Lablur was in government for 2 years with jimmy as its general secretary. I have not. instead of insulting demartino, better look a bit at any broken mirror. and my friend de martino needs no lessons from you or anyone. He takes no orders from anyone like you do from your leaders. Giovanni is a free born spirit and calls a spade a spade unlike you who have to toe the party line.

j farrugia

May 15th 2009, 21:42

this data is shameful neither to the government nor to the church, but to the labour governments of Dom Mintoff and KMB, who ruined our education during the years of agatha barbara as minsiter of 'education'. This is the sort of education our children had during those famous words and instead of chastising those really responsible for rining a generation of maltese citizens, now has the cheek of insulti9ng the church and the PN. Government. Truth be told but one can never forget those dreadful years (hope they will never ever return, even though the same faces are militating in the new resurecteed labour party), when children were only taught how to participate in carnivals and not in morals and when our bisjhops were insulted and called by their surnames, and when our teachers where called named by the minister of (sic) education.

Jimmy Magro

May 15th 2009, 19:25

@GiovDeMartino: stop the rethoric. do not look at the messenger. but place arguments as your leaders tell you to do. So make your mind at work and tell me where I am wrong on the matter.

M.Gauci

May 15th 2009, 18:52

So according to Jimmy Magro. Had the PN not introduced benefits to single mothers, people would not be having any bit of knocky and we'd all be living happy ever after. Padri filius Sanctus! Any more LABOR experts out there ?

GiovDeMartino

May 15th 2009, 18:17

Taraw? Kollu tort tasl-knisja u tal-gvern nazzjonalista dan! DAWN IN-NIES MA JAFUX JISTHU.

Jimmy Magro

May 15th 2009, 17:57

The data is shameful to the Church and to a Christian Democratic political party that has led Malta since 1987 (except for 1996-1998). The introduction of the so called benefits to single mothers is the only policy decision that has set the motion for an increase in what is being termed as single mothers or births outside wedlock. The Government was very short-sighted when this measure was introduced as now we can see how ill-thought policy decisions lead to abuse of taxpayers' money. The Government has the means to identify all those that abuse of the nation's welfare system and immediate action need to be taken. Furthermore, the law needs an immediate amendment so that only children with both known parents will receive any financial assistance from the state (taxpayers). The Government has the duty to stop this squandering of money and put these resources into education, job creation and environemnt. For those that want to have children out of wedlock they are more than welcome to do it but they should not be allowed to do it on the taxpayers' back. I would estimate that 90% of the cases are conscience decisions of both parents who co-habitate.

Chris Farrugia

May 15th 2009, 09:52

That shows how open minded we are in our actions but not in our words. Can't understand why do we keep pretending to be some ultra christian fortress and yet remain so scared of change, modern society and "labels" I'm not saying that it is healthy to have a society built on children out of wedlock but that's the way it is in the rest of the world.