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Mon 11 Nov 2009Poor pay for reckless spending, says priest
A JESUIT priest has challenged possible reductions in social welfare, stating that the poorest were being forced to pay for reckless spending.
Why, given the behaviour of our banks, given Nama (National Asset Management Agency), are we talking about reducing social welfare rates, asked Fr Gerry O’Hanlon. It suggested “that Ireland’s poorest people are being forced to pay for the recklessness and corrupt activity of a number of extremely wealthy people and institutions”, he said.
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