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Wed 12 Dec 2009Poor must pay 'in the national interest'
THE CRUMBLING status of Catholic bishops and the havoc wrought by the weather are not the only momentous changes happening. There is a consolidation of a social stratification and a capitulation to wealth and capital in ways that will affect this society for a long time and will worsen the lives of many, writes VINCENT BROWNE
The combination of the billions being handed to the banks, allied to the mounting unemployment plus cuts in social welfare and public service salaries probably will represent the largest transfer of wealth and income from society to a financial and corporate elite that has occurred here in centuries, certainly in generations, and it will change the character of this society for generations to come.
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