Busuttil: Every country that voted-in the left ended in a dead-end
Every European country that had voted-in a leftist government found itself in an economic dead-end, PN Deputy leader Simon Busuttil said this morning.
"Wherever you look, the results are the same. Countries that voted in socialist parties found themselves with higher unemployment rates," he said at a press conference about taxation.
Dr Busuttil cited Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and France as examples, arguing that economic growth and unemployment figures had risen since leftist Francois Hollande took over from conservative Nicolas Sarkozy almost one year ago in France.
The PN deputy leader used a floral metaphor to describe the party's focus on job creation: work - "the seeds of growth" - needed to be "watered" with incentives and investment for the "flowers" of health, education and social spending to bloom.
Dr Busuttil said the PN had reduced 25 taxes in this legislature and was committed to reducing more over the next five years. He cited the party's pledge, already part of this year's dormant Budget, to lower income tax and said the PN would also seek to broaden income tax bands. He said that the income tax levied on single minimum wage earners would be done away with, following the controversy that had arisen following last Budget speech.
"On point of principle we don't want to add to people's tax burden, so we had no problem removing it," he said. Property taxes would also be lowered, with rental properties only paying 15 per cent in tax rather than the existing 35 per cent, and residential properties passed on from parents to children exempted from succession tax. Women, the elderly and the disabled would also be fiscally incentivised to join the workforce, he said.
Asked about electricity tariffs, Dr Busuttil said that the PN proposals to incentivise alternative energy sources meant people "will have the tools" to lower their electricity bill.
Bills would have gone up if it wasn't for a €25 million annual government subsidy to Enemalta, he pointed out.
Dr Busuttil was asked if the PN considered the €25 million subsidy a long-term fixture. "We cannot predict what oil prices will be next year or in the next five years. Nor gas prices, for that matter. We are honest," was his reply.
He also shrugged off suggestions that talk of clamping down on tax evasion was not backed by concrete action, saying tax evasion was "the first thing listed" in the relevant chapter of the PN electoral programme and arguing that many had complained that the previous government had been overly harsh in dealing with would-be evaders.
The EU believes Malta's black economy is among the largest, relative to its GDP, across the 27 member states.
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Michael Magri
Mar 7th, 16:28
Busuttil: Every country that voted-in the left ended in a dead-end
Mid-dehera se jibqa sa l-ahhar jghid ic-cucati Busuttil!!! LOL:):):):)
Joe Grech
Mar 5th, 16:17
Simon Busuttil is famous for his sweeping statements, like his declaring that ''every European country that had voted-in a leftist government found itself in an economic dead-end''
Such silly rantings are almost as convincing as Dr. Busuttil's own, much trumpeted, calls for 'Solidarity and Burden Sharing'!
He came out looking a FOOL in Brussels when his calls were summarily rejected
Joe Grech
Mar 5th, 16:14
Simon Busuttil stop deceiving people! EU countries have ended in the red because the EU shamefully did not audit their budgets properly, allowed gross overspending, enormous borrowing, inefficient collection of government taxes including Vat and property rentals.
Malta has these very own problems...which may ultimately be OUR OWN undoing if PN is re-elected!
As for your Burden Sharing ...!
Alfred Falzon
Mar 5th, 11:04
A sweeping statement that deserves a smile before being summarily dismissed!
This time round, voting to the left will rid the people of those who made it a point to call irrelevant all those who stood up to be counted!!
Scaremongering does no longer work miracles!
The RIGHT is not always RIGHT!
Get rid of this mentality in the 21st century!
Alfred A Falzon
Andrew Borg
Mar 4th, 23:27
Come on!! Please dont treat people like this. What about Greece then? Are you going to blame the colossal debt on the socialist government which came clean pretty much after it was elected? Please! You are either competent or not. Its not a question of whether you are left or right.
Jade Schembri
Mar 4th, 23:26
Actually the Nationalist have promised more candy than PL and their electoral promises will costs over 300 Million more than the left wingers. This time the PL is being more cautious than the Nationalists who have promised way too much and it will be coming out of the taxpayers coffers.
D. Xerri
Mar 4th, 17:08
Stop Trying To Impress Simon with Poetic Words and Slogans
Its Not Working !
Hopefully this country will have a Much Better Future where Meritocracy starts to be Delivered and not Your Blue and Red Politics !
G. Caruana
Mar 4th, 16:36
How can broke economies lend money to other broke economies, who haven't got any money, because they can't pay back the money the broke economies lent to the other broke economy and shouldn't have lent them any money in the first place because the broke economy cannot pay it back?
China: $ Bailout > €
Peter Xuereb
Mar 4th, 16:00
Norway, Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, each had economic growth and social progress better to Malta's in all respects. Each having left wing governments within the last 8 years. And of particular interest is Italy, which had a right wing government during Berlusconi's era. And finally the fact that the current crises is caused by right-wing neoliberal economic policies in the 80s-90s.
David John
Mar 4th, 15:49
Taf ghalfejn iridu jibqghu fil-poter ghax qeghdin jibzew mill-whistle blow act li ha tikxef hafna dnubiet ta uhud minnhom. Dik taz-zejt kienet the tip of the iceberg. Min jaf x'jigri jekk tinkixef il-borma kollha?
Carmel Serracino-inglott
Mar 4th, 17:38
Who owns the ice-berg? LP?
Mario Scicluna
Mar 5th, 11:47
@Carmel Serracino-inglott
Try looking for it at PN Naxxar Club, or at Mosta PN Club. Be careful bumping into pole dancers whilst looking....
Joseph Portelli
Mar 4th, 15:22
mhux ovvja x'se jigri! sa bhal-lum hmistax il-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat (jekk jigi elett l-labour) se jkun qed jghid li sab hofra enormi fil-finanzi tal-gvern u ma jistax iwieghed dak li wettaq - jghabbina b'hafna taxxi u mizuri t'awsterita kif gara f'diversi pajjizi girien taghna u jkollna noqoghdu! B'mill-anqas 3 siggijiet vantagg jibqa' addej....
Joseph Bugeja
Mar 4th, 17:21
Nahseb ikun qed jigdeb jekk jghid li sab hofra!!! Barriera tkun kelma ahjar. Fallejtu pajjiz u insejt meta l-ahhar li ma kienx hawn deficit. Mhux ha nghidlek isthu ghax ma tafux kif!
Mr Mark Borh
Mar 4th, 15:15
If there is a change in government, we'll see what the situation is like in 3 years time. Time will tell.
Charles Grixti
Mar 4th, 15:11
Why really? The whole global financial meltdown, the increase in poverty thanks to globalisation and taxpayers paying bailouts to private banks and corporations. Plus the austerity measures impossed on whole populations for the purpose of paying interests on odious debts to international banks and to ensure there is always more money to give more bailouts and incentives to the rich. Pure Right.
HERMANN PAUL FARRUGIA
Mar 4th, 15:09
@ Pat Muscat
Whenever Socialists took over from CentreRight Governments in Southern Europe &the Mediterranean they only managed to do so by thwarting public opinion and promising Heaven on earth.So the backlash in every case was harsher:more disgruntlement,more lamentation from the labour class,more malaise,more economic downturn,more unemployment,more bail-outs.Poor strong Merkel everytime round!
pat muscat
Mar 4th, 15:25
The whole truth in politics does lie with the left or with the right. Never mind US, Australia, or France but in Malta GonziPN thinks we are all cwiec and that after 25 years in government it is folly to send it to the opposition? And all this after the terrible blunders of Arriva, Smart City, choosing oil instead of gas,5 billion of debt and 25 consecutive deficits and a oozing arrogance?
Carmel Serracino-inglott
Mar 4th, 18:00
Yes Pat where are your scales. The facts -- exagerated of course-- that you mention are far high on the pan while the sound facts are for low in the good pan of the scales. The good far outreach the mere'bad' ones. Vote LP if you must but do not try to be honest in your dishonesty about half truths. Say the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
C. Bartoli
Mar 4th, 23:23
Thanks to Gonzi we are better than 22 million European citizens that have no job and because of that couldn't pay there mortgage so they also have no house because the bank has taken it away from them
stephen mifsud
Mar 4th, 14:51
Busutill these countries you say they all elected Socialist left to centre party's have one thing in common and you FAIL to mention they all had a previous Conservative Far Right parties before who then left a huge mess for the Socialist party to deal with ..the PN will LOSE this election because they wanted to so the Labour Party will inherit the huge mess they "left"left behind ..sad but true
Carmel Serracino-inglott
Mar 4th, 18:03
It is everything BUT true!!!
Lawrence Fenech
Mar 4th, 14:36
Sur Simon ma nafx, issa Malta qeghedin u inutli tipprovaw dbezzaw lill-elettorat ghax il-gideb qed jigri quddiemkom kollha. L'elezzjoni fatta, issa halsu tal' hsara li ghamiltu dawn l'ahhar 23 sena. Lil poplu ghasartuh bhal lumija u hadd iehor jistghana.
Massimo Gatt
Mar 4th, 14:36
Ftit iehor ghal partit laburista fil gvern sa biex malta ikolla gejjieni ahjar!
Rennie Mercieca
Mar 4th, 14:32
Scaremongering at its best. Din hija politika ta' firda!
Ethelbert Schembri
Mar 4th, 14:10
To this left demonising, one must tell this nice fella that it was all fault of the right Govts around the world that the international economy failed.. Just to remember a few little countries Bush in the US, Sarkozy in France, Merkel in Germany, Berlusconi in Italy and others!!
This is yet another gaff by Simon, again; what a huge disappointment!!
Joe Busuttil
Mar 4th, 14:08
It was right -wing governments which made the whole mess of the countries you mentioned ,Simon,and the socialists are lumbered with these troubles ( or as you like to put it,) "dahlu gas down gol-hajt. Do you know whose turn it is to "jidhol gas down fil-hajt" in less than a week's time? Yes,good boy ,right answer.
Tony Borg Borg
Mar 4th, 15:16
J. Busuttil int taf x'qed tghid? Holland ta' Franza u Zapatero ta' Spanja mhux saocjalisti?
G. Caruana
Mar 4th, 15:51
Don't be stupid. This is a banking created problem. Any politician who colludes with banks, condemns his country to the problem.
Carmel Serracino-inglott
Mar 4th, 18:11
Same old story.
Really what happens is that the socialists govts are elected either just for change or because they promise the electorate everything for lust of power. or for both. They then produce a fiasco so huge, blaming the right, that the electorate sweeps them out of power .It is ALWAYS the right that puts back the DIRTY mess left by the socialists, in order again with out fail. VOTE PN
Geoffrey Farrugia
Mar 4th, 14:08
Its obvious that Malta's black economy is huge - the oil saga is just one clear example of how money is made and hidden away. I suggest you scrutinise each and every tender and you will discover one scandal after another.
The helicopter tender of AFM is already in court and there are so many others that just go by unnoticed.
A Spiteri
Mar 4th, 14:08
Jien qed nistenna jitla Joseph halli nara kemm se jiflah ghal-kull maltemp ta madwarna li hawn u li jista jigi. X differenza min meta tkun fl-oppozzjoni ghal meta tmexxi gvern. Fl-oppozizjoni tista tizbalja bhal ma zbalja, fl-Euro, zbalja meta riedna naghmlu bhal Cipru, zbalja meta qalilna biex nivuttaw LE ghal-EU, u kull haga ohra ma jimpurtax. Imma tkun Prim Ministru jizbalja Hu u jdahhal lilna
Lawrence Fenech
Mar 4th, 14:41
@S[piteri
Insejt isemmi il-korruzzjoni, il-500 euro fil gimgha, il-haddiema tad-dockyard, Air malta, Sea malta u irrovina tal-belt Valletta nofs teatru mhu tajjeb ghal xejn u block bini tajjeb ghal hamiem. Iz-zejt tela' fil wicc u min jaf kemm irid jitla aktar.
A Spiteri
Mar 4th, 22:06
@lawrence fenech
Lawrence Il-haddiema tad-dockyard u kull haddiem iehor il-gvern dejjem ha hsieb li jiehdu somma u gew offruti postijiet ohra bhal ma sabu jahdmu fl SR Technics. Sinjal li kienu kapaci biex sabu postijiet ahjar mid dokjard. Il-verita twegga. Taht il PN dejjem ha xoghol bis-serjeta. Labour ghamel biss fabrika tal-kappar jew tac-cikulata, izra u rabbi jew fid-dejma
Ethelbert Schembri
Mar 4th, 14:04
Simon had been an MEP for around 8 years now and he learnt nothing about the European way of doing politics.. he sounds like dictator trying to picture the opposition as the worst thing in the univers!! Simon you are a huge loss of time and money. Try for once to come out with something positive and with a well built argument not these kind of idiocies. You've been a huge disappointment !!
Mr Malcolm Abdilla
Mar 4th, 14:04
Simple Simon was offered to us a a fresh air in the Maltese Politics, which had to result i inroads to the GonziPanic machine.
3 Months down his appointment he resulted worse that the others in the old regim, full of negativisim, out of reach and without any clue of what Local politics are all about.
Simple Simon a total disapointment
Joseph Cutajar
Mar 4th, 14:02
S.Cutajar
Simon ghadek ma ndunajtx li qed tazaq fl-ilma. Ma tiflahx tkun aktar patetiku. Kos l-Irlanda qatt ma ssemghuha.
Joe Pace Asciak
Mar 4th, 13:54
What is the exact number of the Deputy Leaders of the mlp since Yuletide?
Paul Cassar
Mar 4th, 13:51
every country that had a RIGHT LEANING government ended in DEEP FINANCIAL DEBT and had to call in the LEFT to try to solve problems........................LIKEWISE MALTA..................while the vultures eat to the very full.
Tony Borg Borg
Mar 4th, 15:19
P. Cassar Holland u Zapatero zewg socjalisti li kissru lill pajjizhom.
Carmel Serracino-inglott
Mar 4th, 18:12
UNtruth read my comment if you wish.
Victor Buhagiar
Mar 4th, 13:48
Tax evasion is a priority for the PN - however incidentally the two biggest tax fraud schemes uncovered were under the PN Government - the VAT fraud and the latest Black Gold Scandal which includes tax evasion besides kickbacks.
James Grech
Mar 4th, 13:46
if the current level of corruption is not a dead-end in itself, I don't know what is. The siphoning of taxpayers' money into certain individual's accounts is a serious issue which this government attempts to completely ignore. News conference after another, yet nothing is said abt how a new PN government would ascertain that such scandal will not repeat itself. Be responsible for once!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Victor Buhagiar
Mar 4th, 13:44
Dr Busutill you have left the floating voters flat down. How arrogant to present yourself and your party as being God's Gift to mankind!!!....!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carmel Serracino-inglott
Mar 4th, 18:30
You are afraid of the doctor. Some people are seeing red behind the whitewashed red. There is red in deed , very difficult to eradicate. This is asking people who have a functioning gray matter to use it and discover what really the LP is promising.
Gaby Spiteri
Mar 4th, 13:38
I hope your gentle manner won't be lost along with your gentle word Mr. Busuttil.
William Caligari
Mar 4th, 13:36
Please Simon Busuttil,
Dejjaqtu lil kulhadd issa, jekk joghogbok hallih bil-kwiet
lill poplu Malti u Ghawdxi, bizzejjed ghamiltu kampanja twila.
Domanda: jaqghu ghalik il-poplu mhux matur????
Jew tahseb li int waqghajt mis-sema??
pat muscat
Mar 4th, 13:31
This is not true. Greece got into trouble with its Conservative government. Italy had Berlusconi for years on end. Ireland's government were conservatives too. Spain got into trouble with the land speculation which started under the conservative Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar. He riddled Spain with the Spanish banks bad debts! Last but not least the UK got downgraded under a Tory/Liberal gov!
Mr Joe Micallef
Mar 4th, 13:47
Isthi jekk taf! Never mind that value is beyond you.
Eve Axiaq
Mar 4th, 14:00
Ghax Gonzipn jitratta lil nies ta stupidi jibilghu kollox.
Tony Borg Borg
Mar 4th, 15:22
Pat kemm taf tpingi l-affarijiet kif jaqbel lilek? Qlibt kollox ta' taht fuq. Haqqek tkun ministru ta' l-affarijiet Barranin.
Carmel Serracino-inglott
Mar 4th, 18:37
First of all Ireland and England are not mediterrean countries. (add my other comment if you so wish) Second England is not in the eurozone. As far as I know the doctor always referred to Med EU countries ( il-girien)
Victor Caruana
Mar 4th, 13:30
Mela dak hsibtu GonziPN, iwieghed u mbaghad jghid li gie l-maltemp u kulhadd jibqa' lampa stampa?! eh bilhaqq, imma lill-klikka tieghu b'affettwahx il-maltemp ghax kien ha z-zieda minn wara dahrna!
Michael Magri
Mar 4th, 13:26
Busuttil: Every country that voted-in the left ended in a dead-end..
Ha ha ha .. Another HMERIJJA a`la BusuPN... Hallina habib.. Kemm hsibtna balali...!!!
Joseph Portelli
Mar 4th, 13:25
mhux ovvja x'se jigri! sa bhal-lum hmistax il-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat se jkun qed jghid li sab hofra enormi fil-finanzi tal-gvern u ma jistax iwieghed dak li wettaq - jghabbina b'hafna taxxi u mizuri t'awsterita kif gara f'diversi pajjizi girien taghna u jkollna noqoghdu! B'mill-anqas 3 siggijiet vantagg jibqa' addej....
Paul Micallef
Mar 4th, 13:57
@Portelli
Dik frazi li sa qabbel l-lellezjoni xbajna nisimghawa min GONZI and co, jigifiri qedgha go halqkhom. Ma nafx jekk ma tafx, ta IMMA DEJN KBIR GHANDU IL-PAJJIZ, jew tahseb li Joseph ha siba mimlija il-kaxxa???? Il-program eletorali Tal PL jista issir, ghax ma weghejidx langli jisfnu bhal ma ghamel il-PN, u niggarantilek li-gvern serju ha konna, mhux ha konna gvern li jihu 500 fil gimgha.
J. Scicluna
Mar 4th, 14:11
In that case, then HU pacenzja w stenna 5snin ohra biex tivvota lin-New PN ghax il-PN ta'l-bierah ilu l nqered!!!
David John
Mar 4th, 13:24
Politika possittiva biss tohrog minn halq Simon. Dejjem imaqdar tl PL.
Mr Joe Micallef
Mar 4th, 13:38
And true to his style he is being diplomatic, given the sham that is MLP.
Paul Micallef
Mar 4th, 14:03
@John
Stennejt iktar mil wonder boy, imma hlief TMAQDIR; GIMMICS; CUCCATTI U HMERIJIET MA JEGHEDX, anzi nasal biex nejd li iktar PAXXINA.U dejjem issemmi ir-rapper, jien taf xnejd? Lanqas jekk iddawruh go rapper tac cukkulata, u tpingu Batman u Robin fuqgha ghax kollu ghal xejn, ma hemmx minn fejn taghazel, insomma iktar kont nibza minn Demarco, imma dak ta l-affari tieghu.
W. Cassar
Mar 4th, 12:51
Keep digging your hole Simon ...what a silly comment!
Joe Pace Asciak
Mar 4th, 12:46
Il-PN ffukat fuq is-sustanza u l-MLP fuq il-forma u l-patti mistura. Meta wiehed jivvota, tajjeb li jinnota li l-kliem tal-PN huma marbuta mat-titjib tal-hajja ta’ kulhadd, bi proposti konkreti.Gvern Nazzjonalista tana 20000 post tax-xoghol, ghan-Nazzjonalisti u ghall-Laburisti. Taht Gvern Nazzjonalista, dejjem “ilkoll ahwa Maltin” (Eddie Fenech Adami). Prosit Simon, naqbel perfettament.
Mark. Galea
Mar 4th, 12:29
wara d-9 ta' Marzu, Malta ukoll ser tispicca hazin taht l-PL... ma hemmx x'taghmel wisq - nistennew elezzjoni ohra.
mark borg
Mar 4th, 19:22
mela diga qalbek maqtuwa Mark ? kuragg jien dort min Pl ghal PN ! bis sahha tal kummenti tieghek . Ikonvincejtni . issa baqalek iehor skond gonzi x tikonvinci biex tkun ghamilt xgholok :)
VINCENT WILLIAMS
Mar 4th, 12:27
Sorry Simon, but the PN is a conservative and right party and ended in a dead-end. Ask J. Dalli, F. Debono, J. Pullicino Orlando and J. Mugliett all ex-PN's MPs and they will confirm. Or you can ask the many ex-PN's voters who turned Labourites and they will also confirm how the PN ended in a dead-end. And by the way you can ask those ex-PN candidates who are on the Labour list of candidates.
J. Stafrace
Mar 4th, 12:23
Is Simon implying that everyone votes for his party? Dik demokrazija a la' PN !
Mario Scicluna
Mar 4th, 12:05
Simon, after all the exxagerated hype, and PN had your ego blown skyhigh, you are indeed turning out to be a huge dissapointment to genuine Nationalists and moderate votes alike. Much was expected from you, but instead, you turned out not to be the annointed one for PN, or the awaited Messiah! Your gaffes and recent blunders expose you!
http://www.home.roadrunner.com/~nickgier/GreekCrisis.htm
matthew tanti
Mar 4th, 12:58
and what makes you a "genuine" nationalist?
Mr Joe Micallef
Mar 4th, 13:45
Very reputable reference you quote. I really wasn't expecting a Marxist saying otherwise!
Mario Scicluna
Mar 4th, 14:26
Ghal min qed tghid? Jien kont qed nirreferi ghal dawk il hafna Nazzjonalisti genwini li ta' kuljum niltaqgha maghom u jghiduli appuntu li jhossuwhom iddizapuntati u dizilluzi li wara hafna hype u infih, dan Simon ma lahaqx l-aspettativa mixtieqa. Fejn hafna stennew illi forsi jkun xi ftit moderat u jqarreb ftit dawk id 'disgruntled' ghal xi raguni jew ohra, fil fatt ma gara xejn minn dan kollhu!
Mario Scicluna
Mar 4th, 14:37
@Mr Joe Micallef
Apparti li trid Enigma machine biex tifhem li tkun qed tipprova tghid int xi kultant, ninsab kurjuz kif wasalt ghal konkluzjoni Marxista! Jien kburi iva li nhaddan principji Socjalisti, allura? Bir rispett kollhu, inthom tal-PN Alla biss jaf xi thaddnu! Issa, spjegali ghala mhux 'reputable reference' li kwotajt jien u x'hemm li mhux vera fiha?
Mario Scicluna
Mar 4th, 15:05
@Mr Joe Micallef
Apparti li trid Enigma machine biex tifhem li tkun qed tipprova tghid int xi kultant, ninsab kurjuz kif wasalt ghal konkluzjoni Marxista! Jien kburi iva li nhaddan principji Socjalisti, allura? Bir rispett kollhu, inthom tal-PN Alla biss jaf xi thaddnu! Issa, spjegali ghala mhux 'reputable reference' li kwotajt jien u x'hemm li mhux vera fiha?
Mario Scicluna
Mar 4th, 15:05
Ghal min qed tghid? Jien kont qed nirreferi ghal dawk il hafna Nazzjonalisti genwini li ta' kuljum niltaqgha maghom u jghiduli appuntu li jhossuwhom iddizapuntati u dizilluzi li wara hafna hype u infih, dan Simon ma lahaqx l-aspettativa mixtieqa. Fejn hafna stennew illi forsi jkun xi ftit moderat u jqarreb ftit dawk id 'disgruntled' ghal xi raguni jew ohra, fil fatt ma gara xejn minn dan kollhu!
Mr Joe Micallef
Mar 4th, 16:33
Scicluna, you're stuttering with "The Submit Comment" button.
On the other hand you would do better off with an interpreter than an enigma machine if you are having difficulty with my posts!
Mario Scicluna
Mar 5th, 11:28
Micallef, you either have absolutely no idea how to answer, or else your incompetence preceeds you. I would suggest thinking first, work your brain cells for a while and take off your blinkers. Your posts do not have no answer whatsoever. Finally, the biggest interpreter will be voiced by the ppl come next 9th March!
Mario Scicluna
Mar 5th, 11:47
Micallef, you either have absolutely no idea how to answer, or else your incompetence preceeds you. I would suggest thinking first, work your brain cells for a while and take off your blinkers. Your posts do not have no answer whatsoever. Finally, the biggest interpreter will be voiced by the ppl come next 9th March!
Mario Scicluna
Mar 5th, 11:47
Micallef, you either have absolutely no idea how to answer, or else your incompetence preceeds you. I would suggest thinking first, work your brain cells for a while and take off your blinkers. Your posts do not have no answer whatsoever. Finally, the biggest interpreter will be voiced by the ppl come next 9th March!
*Joseph Brincat
Mar 4th, 11:56
Dear Simon Busuttil
To be, or not to be, that is the question to this government ??
DID IN THOUS LAST 5 YEARS OUR STANDER OF LIVING GOT BATTER OR WORSE ???
matthew tanti
Mar 4th, 12:58
mine got better. perhaps yours will improve if your english improves too?
Joe Borg
Mar 4th, 14:43
Dear Joseph Brincat,
You're right - one standard (English in Malta) has certainly deteriorated as you so clearly demonstrate.
As an aside, I do like battered fish, but battered English troubles me. Better that you try to write better English.
Massimo Gatt
Mar 4th, 11:29
More politika tal-babaw zmien 60s from the PN...or should I say GonziPN because its not the PN anymore.
Will the party still be named GonziPN when he leaves?
Ramon Casha
Mar 4th, 11:29
You mean that every country that voted in the right had to vote in the left to fix the mess they made.
Leonard Brincat
Mar 4th, 11:26
Ser tibqaw sa l ahhar titilfu il voti b dan l attegjament. Imma possibli li ma indunajtux sa issa li mhix tahdem din l atitudni li tbezzaw . Naf hafna nazzjonalisti li ser jivvotaw PL ghal l ewwel darba ghal gid tal pajjiz u aktar u aktar ghal gid tal PN>
Matthew Micallef
Mar 4th, 11:24
Hilarious how he is absolutely right, and at the same time his party is doing worse than a socialist one. Hahahaha
anthony sultana
Mar 4th, 11:23
What are you talking about Mr Busittil, I ended in a dead end under your legislation and like me there are many,so we are going for a change, I mean a big change.Talk to you next Sunday Mr Busittil.
Mario Scicluna
Mar 4th, 11:18
Dan Xmun vera dizappunt. Lanqas idea m'ghandu u ma jafx x'qed jghid!
PN wrongly claim that it's all fault of Eu's Social Dems. Only 9 of the 27 countries of the EU are governed by Labor, Socialist, or SD parties, so this is a rather unfair accusation. In fact, it has been center-right govts in Greece,Iceland, Ireland, and the Baltic that have destroyed the economiesof their respective countries!
Charles Grixti
Mar 4th, 15:17
With the help of the Right wing government of Wall street and their banks.
V Cassar
Mar 4th, 11:17
And which party is the leftist? Last I checked both PN and PL are centred populist parties lost from their original ideologies and claiming otherwise.
Charles Grixti
Mar 4th, 15:20
You are correct. Politics has shifred to the Right and most Labour parties in the world have been co-opted and taken over by right-wingers, covertly one may add. It is up to the electorate to discern this. In effect we are being presented with the same party more or less, just under different labels. This is part of the fascist march forward and is a global phenomenon.
Mr Joseph Azzopardi
Mar 4th, 11:13
To be honest I don't really see any right or especially leftist parties in Malta so Simon's comments are somewhat irrelevant in my opinion. More negative campaigning Simon? Seriously?
A Mizzi
Mar 4th, 11:09
open your ears people ... There is still time.. vote pn and you know what your getting.. jobs and stability.
J Giardina
Mar 4th, 11:02
Dr Busuttil, that's quite disengenuous, isnt it? First a country is saddled with debt by its incumbent government. Then when the populace becomes weary of the mismanagement, it votes in another party. But by that time it's too late. The debt has piled up and the bond market raises the cost of the country's debt. Thus the economy sinks. You want to balme this on the new govt? Shame.
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