Evening Echo | SIPTU slams call for cuts in social welfare payments

It is a rather ridiculous standpoint for a number of reasons.. firstly, while the many "right wing fiscal conservatives" will call for social welfare cuts, along woth tax cuts, to stimulate the economy, the economic fact is, that people on social welfare spend practically all of their income, therefore increasing consumption demand, which helps stimulate the economy. Remove this income, and you will see a further fall in consumption, along with an undoubted rise in the black economy... and, much more likelyhood of serious civil unrest