Friday,
March 14, 2008
No Job, No Money, Not to Worry says
Berlusconi: Marry Wealth
The
ANNOTICO Report
Berlusconi
later in response to criticism, said it was a joke.
Well, many people unemployed, or without prospects don't find it very
amusing. It's sort of like Marie Antoinette being told the people did not
have bread. She said "Let them eat cake".
Not only "out of touch", But with NO compassion or
humanitarianism.
ROME (AP) Can't make ends meet? Marry a millionaire, says
That piece of
advice was given by billionaire media mogul and conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi, the front-runner for his former post in
elections April 13-14.
A young woman
asked Berlusconi on a TV show Thursday night how young couples are supposed to
obtain a mortgage or start a family without a permanent job.
"This is the
advice that as a father I take the liberty of giving: you should perhaps look
(to marry) Berlusconi's son, or somebody else who doesn't have such
problems," he replied.
"With that
smile of yours, you could even get away with it," he added.
Berlusconi's
off-the-cuff remarks have landed him in trouble before. This time, critics
accused of being disrespectful toward women and toward young adults who cannot
plan their future because they cannot find permanent jobs.
Many Italian
employers prefer to give short-term job contracts because Italian law makes it
very difficult to fire long-term employees.
Berlusconi
dismissed the criticism, saying it was only a joke.
The woman smiled
as she listened to Berlusconi's answer and told Italian media she would vote
for him.
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