Para quem não entendeu ainda o movimento global do aumento das desigualdades pela ganância capitalista (e até julga que o grande demónio da crise portuguesa é mais se chama Sócrates)... O paralelo com a nossa situação é tão claro que as palavras se aplicariam totalmente aqui não fosse o facto do frio não ser tão dramático; mas também somos bem mais pobres e, pelo que se vai vendo, os nosso políticos bem mais ignorantes e indiferentes... «Besides, it is not proper or just that a senior citizen, who has contributed to the prosperity of this country, through their taxes, their volunteer work and sometimes even through national service, must spend their golden years worried about whether they should use their pension money to have a proper meal or keep warm. As a pensioner, I have been one of those fortunate few who have not been forced by economic necessity to choose between eating and heating. However, I know I am the exception to the rule because I have visited too many friends who have not been as lucky as me. Sadly, I have witnessed their decline hastened by rising consumer energy prices that have left them financially constrained and in poor health. To me there is no more lonely end, for a well spent life than to ebb away from existence in ones parlour while huddled near a dim electric fire that sputters out inconsequential heat. Warm domiciles and proper nutrition are as essential to the old as they are to the young and no one in this country should be allowed to suffer, to become ill or die because they cannot afford to absorb endless energy price hikes that enrich the few at the expense of many. It doesnt take a degree in medicine to know that if a person cant afford to heat their home and they are old; they are more likely to become ill and to avail themselves of our already overburdened healthcare services. Winter is nigh and I am worried that this generation of politicians and business executives are so ignorant or indifferent to history that they are leading this country back to those grim days when fuel was so expensive for ordinary folk that lads like me had to scoff coal to keep warm.»
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:52:46 +0000
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