Bons samaritanos

“Se o poder político quer fazer esta discussão, o mínimo que se pode pedir é que assuma as consequências daquilo que diz. O Presidente acha que Macedo (former politician and now President of CGD), como Domingues (previous general manager of CGD), está exageradamente bem pago? "

        According an article written by the journalist Paulo Baldaia referred to the salary of the general manager of the Caixa Geral de Depósitos (a Portuguese public bank) there is a great hypocrisy between what politicians say and what they do. Mr Baldaia writes that a person who earns thirty times more than the minimum wage is an injustice. Mr Baldabia suggests a new legislation about it, but…

 “O Bloco de Esquerda fala em salarios milionários? O PCP (Portuguese Communist Party), o PSD (Social Democratic Party) e o CDS (Social Democracy People´s Party) acham que não precisam dos melhores na Caixa ou que , precisando deles, exigem que eles sejam bons samaritanos, disponíveis para fazer serviço público perdendo dinheiro.”

        When I left the reformatory I started working in a cement factory in Notthingam and since then I have heard the same song continuously: there was a huge wage difference between the workers and the owners. Of course that the entrepreneurs put the money and they run a risk, however, as a rule, their benefits are enormous and when things start to go wrong either relocate the factory to Morocco or better they compensate themselves with astronomical amounts, leaving hundreds of workers unemployed.

Now that I´m retired, the issue remains the same.

From my Borstal.

LDR