Give Fianna Fail & Greens a kicking!

The reality of last month’s budget has hit home for many
workers.

Pay slips show that workers are losing nearly €70 a week.
This means we’re working one month a year for free to pay for the bankers
speculating.

Some working families are losing over €400 a month. This
means they can’t pay their bills or mortgages and face losing their homes (see
page 2).

It’s a different story for politicians and the rich.

TDs ‘earn’ a basic salary of €100,191 a year. But they can
also claim: a mobile phone allowance of €750 every 18 months; an annual
constituency office allowance of €8,888; an unvouched constituency travel
allowance up to €8,782 a year; an overnight allowance of €139 per night; and an
unvouched miscellaneous expenses of €5,489 a year.

The bankers and developers who caused the crisis are getting
more handouts from FF and the Greens.

The Department of Finance has said it will protect the 20
biggest developers from bankruptcy, all of them loyal FF supporters and
fianancers, through its NAMA scheme.

Who says corruption doesn’t pay!

FF and the Greens have promised another budget of attacks
and cutbacks in the Autumn, and again next year.

We need to send them a clear message in the Euro and local
elections – get stuffed, we’re not taking it anymore. Cowen must resign. We
need a general election now!

But don’t be fooled by FG. They are using populist rhetoric
about the banks now but they are as committed as FF to cutting workers living
standards to save profits.

Labour and Sinn Fein both voted for the bank bail out scheme
too, and are up for coalition with either of FF or FG – putting the same
gangsters back in power. They are no alternative.

The People Before Profit Alliance is the only real national
alternative on offer in the elections.

It has outlined an alternative budget to keep people in work
and keep our public services going by making the rich pay more tax, not
workers.

The rich gained most from the Celtic Tiger, they should pay
more in the recession.

Read the alternative budget at www.People-Before-Profit.org

Capitalism as a system is failing, we’re facing the return
of mass unemployment and poverty, now more than ever we need a socialist
alternative.

That starts by voting for People Before Profit candidates on
June 5th.