Nixer work is always on the increase, especially in tough times. 

Taking money off those who need it the most is always the way to go these days.  It's like it's the go to solution.

It's not difficult to find disgruntled parents on www.rollercoaster.ie, www.magicmum.com or www.boards.ie these days.  The budget has left a lot of families high and dry, parents who were already struggling to cope with job loss are now also trying to cope with the loss of early childcare education supplements (to be completely abolished by 2010) as well as the worry that means-testing (or taxing) child benefit will be unfair given certain family situations.

The main feeling seems to be that last year it was the elderly, this year it's the young that suffer and meanwhile the construction, banking and business sectors seem unphased by budgetary changes.

Is the government 'picking' on its weakest (but important) citizens?  Are you a child-carer or parent affected by these changes?  Do you think these changes promote more 'nixer' work by carers to help mothers stay in the workforce?

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One Irish mother has started a campaign to rally support and demonstrate unrest by protest at the Dáil... if you are affected by this issue and would like to help or take part, please visit the following links:

Blog: http://irish-mammy.blogspot.com/2009/04/pacub-protest-against-child-unfriendly.html

Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71435831609

Here's a few questions that I think we should really think about:

Do we want to throw the government out?

It can be done, Iceland recently showed us that and it's been done in different countries through out the centuries.  There is a lot of hate about Fianna Fail out there, and perhaps rightly so.  However is throwing them out the best thing to do right now?

If we look at the alternatives, not to mention the turmoil it would put us through during this already hard time, maybe fresh thinking is needed.

What would happen if we had a shared government, that instead of trying to score points off one another, they worked together for the good of the nation and her people?

No election policies.
No smear campaigns.
No school ground tactics.

Just getting on with the job.

What if we just had leaders instead of parties?

The European Parliament rotates the Presidency regularly, what's to stop us doing this on our own level?

Would a rotated power sharing government work?  Not a coalition with opposition, but shared responsibility.  Or would it give us a worse situation than we already have?

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