Malta registers largest unemployment decline in EU

V.Aquilina ( visiting Malta)

Oct 1st 2010, 18:37

I live in the UK, i think there is as i know of many Maltese in the London area who in my opinion are benefit cheats and they all live on social benefits, spending most days down the bookies or in their local pub, as well as other nationalities including the British themselves.

B Saliba ex-pat Cn.

Oct 2nd 2010, 12:38

Yes you telling me its not only in Malta but also i know of Maltese cheating the system in Brampton Canada and other cities, actually one of them is a mate if mine who lives in England, he comes to malta every year and everytime i ask him, How is work? he just laughs and says,* Working is for whimps*, i get all i need from the social or the DHSS in the UK, so there you go, Malta is not the only country where benefit cheats are laughing all the way to the banks, including the once that don't even know what a tax form looks like, ie., road tax/TV/Pool /receipts/ and the list goes on and on. so there you go sunshine.either live and let live or sit and twindle on it. This happens in every walks of life, nowadays nobody is an angel....Money Talks even here in Malta and needless to say on Gozo (worse)

Ron Saliba

Oct 1st 2010, 16:28

..and i presume they do it whilst at work! Now there's a contradiction!

Edward Darmanin

Oct 1st 2010, 14:09

We have the jobs! That's what's important. Compare the situation to the rest or Europe eg Spain especially. We are lucky we have the jobs. It is then up to each and every one of us to better ourselves, yes ourselves first and foremost, and then improve our career propsects. Most people say any job is better than no job. EXEPT IN MALTA that is. We're special as always.

michael seychell

Oct 1st 2010, 14:53

M r J Borg Workers in Mal;ta do not have the best wages in the EU, but when considering the total packet which inclusdeb free Health - including free medicine for cancer patients; free Education - up to University level and beyond, and including Stipends; Public Holidays, Vacation Leave, Special Leave, and Sick Leave - more so in Goverment employment and where workers are covered by Collective Agreements;

Other Social Benefits including Children Allowance to all families; Financial Assistance to Single Parents and to Families in the lower brackets, We can mention also that the Maltese are on the lower end of Income Tax payment, more so since those earning the Minimum Wage are not Taxed at all,

Considering the above there are very few countries, if any, in the EU who who can be proud of receiving such a good packet .

Michael Seychell
Tal-Pieta

P zammit

Oct 1st 2010, 17:29

Employment rate is calculated as ..100%- unemployment rate percentage. Spain has an unemployment rate of over 20%. So you say that Malta has an employment rate lower than Spain?! do your calculations well!

T. Attard

Oct 1st 2010, 14:46

@ Maria Brincat ..." Moreover - as everybody who is in the know, knows - the unemployment figures are fiddled with month after month to show the government in a good light."

I couldn't agree more with Ms. Brincat. Not one of these commentators here, who are so quick to put their dear government on a pedestal, know what it's like to be unemployed for over 2 years! Despite the degree, the diplomas, the willingness to settle for much less, employment has eluded me.

So shut up all ye who are presently employed...it could be your turn someday...and you would understand what you have to go through so that those manipulating the statistics will make unemployment figures seem less than they really are!